SA 028

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128610

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128610.

Transliteration

2(disz) gu4 niga ab2 2(disz)
ta-ki-is-ga2-ga2
1(u) gu4 mu ab2-sze3
1(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) udu mu engar?-sze3
3(u) udu szimaszgi mu gu-sze3
2(gesz2) 1(u) la2 1(disz) masz2-gal mu asz2-gar3-sze3
2(disz) masz2-gal szimaszgi mu asz2-gar3-sze3
szu-la2-a
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
be-li2-a-zu i3-dab5
iti szu-esz5-sza
mu en inanna unu ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SA 028. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Special Collections and Archives, John T. Richardson Library, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P128610) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128610..

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