TRU 347

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135111

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135111.

Transliteration

[...] x 7(disz) 1/2(disz) [...] siki-gi
ki-la2 tug2 usz-bar 1(gesz2) la2 1(disz)-kam
ki-la2 tug2 tur 1(disz)-kam
bi2-gu7-bi
2(u) 3(disz) ma-na 3(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2
tug2-bi i-di3-er3-ra lu2 azlag2
szu ba-ti
ki ur-ba-ba6-ta
ba-zi
mu en nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TRU 347. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P135111) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135111..

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