RA 009, 055 SA 235

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P127579

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127579.

Transliteration

2(disz) udu niga saga
nin-lil2
bur-du8-a
en-lil2-ra-amar-suen-ke4 kasz de2-a
masz-tur sagi maszkim#
iti u4 8(disz) ba-zal
sza3 nibru
ki szul-gi-a-a-mu-ta
ba-zi
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu en inanna ba-hun
2(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RA 009, 055 SA 235. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Couvent Sainte-Anne, Jerusalem (P127579) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127579..

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