ROM 925.062.436

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P417387

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P417387.

Transliteration

1(barig) 5(disz) sila3 sze lugal
[x?] x GIR3
giri3# ki-sur-ra [x?]
[ki hu]-wa-wa#-ta#
[ur]-KWU127-LAGAB-ba#?
[szu]-ba#-ti
[...]-x x
mu# us2#-sa# bad3 ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ROM 925.062.436. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (P417387) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P417387..

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