RTC 379

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128532

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128532.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 5(disz) elam
1(barig) 5(disz) sila3 kasz
1(barig) 5(disz) sila3 ninda
1(disz) udu
1(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 i3
elam hu-bar-ra
sza3 ki-nu-nir
3(disz) dug dida
1(barig) dabin lugal
uri5-sze3
2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 2(disz) gin2 i3
giri3 i-gu-num2 sukkal lugal
iti mu-szu-du7
mu en ga-esz ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RTC 379. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P128532) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128532..

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