RIME 3/2.01.03.16, ex. 04

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P226864

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P226864.

Transliteration

kar-zi-da-a
u4 ul-li2-a-ta
ge6-par4-bi nu-du3-am3
en nu-un-ti-la-am3
amar-suen
ki-ag2 nanna-ke4
ge6-par4 ku3-ga-ni
mu-na-du3
en ki-ag2-ga2-ni
mu-na-ni-kux(KWU636)
amar-suen-ke4
u4 im-da-ab-su3-re6
nam-ti-la-ni-sze3
a mu-na-ru

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RIME 3/2.01.03.16, ex. 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P226864) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P226864..

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