RA 062, 003 01

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P127952

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127952.

Transliteration

2(disz) ma-na erin
1(disz) sila3 li
ki ur-gu2-en-na-ta
a-kal-la-mu szu ba-ti
kiszib3 lu2-gir2-nun szabra
iti mu-szu-du7
mu ki-masz ba-hul
lu2-gir2-nun[]
szabra
dumu ur-sa6-ga#
nu-banda3-gu4#?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RA 062, 003 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P127952) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127952..

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