RA 008, 156, AO 5649

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P127293

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127293.

Transliteration

3(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) kasz saga gur
1(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) kasz du gur
na-ap-ta2-num2
1(ban2) kasz du mar-tu sza3 e2-a
2(ban2) kasz saga mar-tu igi lugal-sze3 tusz-a
3(ban2) kasz du lu2 kin-gi4 lum
szu-esz18-dar sukkal maszkim
1(ban2) muszen-du3 muszen dab5-ba
nanna-zi sukkal maszkim
zi-ga bala 1(disz) u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam
iti dal
mu us2-sa mu us2-sa-bi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RA 008, 156, AO 5649. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P127293) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127293..

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