SA 145

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128744

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128744.

Transliteration

1(disz) 3(ban2) nin-lamma
1(disz) 3(ban2) a-ba-nam-de6-in
1/2(disz) 3(ban2) ki-na
TUR? ASZ 2(ban2) szesz-a-ma-ti
1(disz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) i-ri2-mu
1(disz) 1(ban2) utu-ba-e3
a-ru-a lugal-iti-da-me
ki lugal-nir-ta
ur-nin-tu i3-dab5
sze-ba-a szu szum2-mu-dam
iti li9-si4#
mu ma2 en-ki ba-ab-du8

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SA 145. 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 (P128744) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128744..

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