OTR 133

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123068

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123068.

Transliteration

[2(disz) gin2 ku3]-babbar
nig2-ba-ba6
2(disz) gin2 ur-e2-an-na
1/2(disz) gin2 ur-ba-ba6
2/3(|NINDA2x(SZE.2(ASZ))|) ur-igi-zi-bar-ra
2/3(|NINDA2x(SZE.2(ASZ))|) ur-igi-zi-bar-ra dumu nam-ha-ni
1/2(disz) gin2 inanna-ka
1(disz) gin2 utu-bar-ra
1(disz) gin2 szesz-kal-la
szunigin 8(disz) gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2
szu-ku6-me
mu-kux(DU)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OTR 133. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA (P123068) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123068..

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