OTR 180

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123115

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123115.

Transliteration

dumu# ur#-[...] ugula ur-[...]
1(barig) utu-ba-e3 szesz-[a-ni]
5(ban2) da-da-a ARAD2-da-ni
dumu ur-hendur-sag-me
1(barig) szesz-kal-la dumu geme2-gu geme2 kar-ke3
1(barig) ur-en-ki dumu nin-a-ni-sa6 geme2 kar-ke3
1(barig)# x [...]
1(barig) SIG7-a ur-en-ki nar ba-ba6 dumu ur-sze-ri?-da
he2-dab5 du11-ga ba#-zi
tukul-e dab5-ba-me
giri3 ab-ba-kal-la lu2 tukul
u3 ur-nin-x-x-x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OTR 180. 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 (P123115) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123115..

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