RA 017, 211 5

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P127669

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127669.

Transliteration

1(disz) tu-di-da ku3-babbar 3(disz) gin2
ka x ku3-sig17 la2-e-de3
lugal-ku3-zu
ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta
ba-zi
sza3 nibru
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
mu en unu-ga ba-hun
1(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RA 017, 211 5. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Couvent Saint-Etienne, Jerusalem (P127669) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127669..

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