SET 044

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129454

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129454.

Transliteration

3(disz) udu u2
1(disz) masz2-gal niga
e3-lu-num2
e2 be-la-at-suh-ner
u3 be-la-at-dar-ra-ba-an
1(disz) gu4 u2
3(disz) udu niga
1(disz) udu u2
ezem an tur
e2 an-nu-ni!-tum
u3 ul-ma-szi-tum
sza3 uri5-ma
giri3 i-pi5-iq-er3-ra
iti-ta a2-bi2-li2-a
mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-isz-da-gan ba-du3 mu us2-sa-bi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SET 044. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California, USA (P129454) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129454..

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