SET 169

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129579

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129579.

Transliteration

1(barig) sze-ba za3-mu
lu2-szara2
1(barig) ur-dumu-zi-da
1(barig) ur-zigum-ma
1(barig) a-ba-la
2(barig) lu2-sza-lim
2(barig) lu2-nagar-pa-e3
szunigin 1(asz) 3(barig) sze-ba za3#-mu
e2-kikken-ta
sza3 mar-sa ki lu2-sa6#-i3-zu
iti e2-iti#-6(disz)#
mu# us2-sa si-mu#-ru#-um lu-lu-bu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SET 169. 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 (P129579) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129579..

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