PPAC 4, 264

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P332176

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332176.

Transliteration

1(disz) dub-[...]
ki lu2-[...]
2(asz) 2(barig) ki ur-ba-gara2? kuruszda?
2(barig) 5(ban2) a-sza3 a-lal3-[...]
4(ban2) sza3-gal erin2 gesz-gid2-da
1(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) tir gaba-gid2-da
2(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) ki ab-ba-kal-la dumu ur-gesz gigir?
1(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) guru7#-a tak4-a
szunigin 1(gesz2) 3(u) 6(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gur
sza3-bi-ta
4(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 e2 [...]
1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 e2 dumu#-[zi]
1(barig) [a]-sza3 du6-7(disz)#-sze3
nimgir-sza3-kusz2#!
dumu# lu2-du10-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — PPAC 4, 264. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Couvent Saint-Etienne, Jerusalem (P332176) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332176..

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