SET 239

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129649

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129649.

Transliteration

[...]-ma-mi
1(asz) 1(barig) [x] gur ur-suen#
2(asz) 4(ban2) gur al-lu
1(asz) 1(barig) gur ur-en-lil2-la2
1(asz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 szesz-a-ni
1(asz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 nig2-KU-gid2
lu2 [...]
1(asz) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 nig2-sza3-te
ur-tul2-sag
szunigin 1(u) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 zi3 gur
[...] szu ha-la
[...] ur-gu-ta

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SET 239. 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 (P129649) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129649..

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