PPAC 4, 173

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P332092

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332092.

Transliteration

3(disz) gurusz ugula ba-sa6
3(disz) ugula ur-mes
3(disz) ugula ukken-ne2
3(disz) ugula i7-pa-e3
3(disz) ugula ur-en-lil2-la2
3(disz) ugula lugal-ku3-zu
3(disz) ugula da-du-mu
3(disz) ugula lugal-e2-mah-e
3(disz) ugula ur-gigir
3(disz) ugula ur-gigir szabra
tug2-gurx(|SZE.KIN|) 1(iku) GAN2-ta
gurumx(|IGI.ERIM|) u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam
a-sza3 gur4?-da-ur4-<ra>
iti sze-kar-ra-gal2
mu hu-hu-nu-ri ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — PPAC 4, 173. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Couvent Sainte-Anne, Jerusalem (P332092) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332092..

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