TRU 377

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135141

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135141.

Transliteration

6(bur3) GAN2
5(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
1(asz) ziz2 gur 1(barig) gig
sze-numun-am3
4(asz) sze gur mur-gu4-kam
sze-numun mur-gu4-kam
ki a-da-lal3 szabra-ta
la-la-a engar
szu ba-ti
sza3 gesz-gi-gal
iti a2-ki-ti
mu ki-masz hu-ur5-tum u3 ma-da u4 asz-sze3 ba-hul-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TRU 377. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P135141) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135141..

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