TRU 375

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135139

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135139.

Transliteration

[x] 4(barig) gig gur
a#-ra2 1(disz)-kam
[x] 7(asz) 2(barig) gig gur
[a]-ra2 2(disz)-kam
1(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) gig a-ra2 3(disz)-kam
1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 1(u) sze ki bu-zu-ta
5(u) gur sze kur ba-ri2-ga gibil 1(gesz2)-ta
a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
4(u) gur sze kur ba-ri2-ga min-na-bi-ta
a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
2(gesz2) gur a-ra2 3(disz)-kam
1(gesz2) 2(u) gur a-ra2 4(disz)-kam
2(u) gur sze-numun-sze3
[a]-ra2 5(disz)-kam
[x] 4(ban2) sze kur a-ra2 6(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TRU 375. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P135139) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135139..

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