SA 034

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128636

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128636.

Transliteration

1(disz) ab2 [x]
u4 3(disz)-kam
5(disz) udu# u2
u4 [...] 6(disz)-kam
sa2-du11 ur-mah-sze3
ki a-hu-we-er-ta
ba-zi
giri3 a-ha-ni-szu szar2-ra-ab-du
iti ezem-nin-a-zu
mu si-ma-num2 ba-hul
1(disz) gu4 5(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SA 034. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Institut Catholique, Paris, France ? (P128636) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128636..

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