TRU 379

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135143

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135143.

Transliteration

1(disz) gurusz sag-dub
1(disz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
2(disz) gurusz a2 1(u) gin2
sza3-gu4-me
1(disz) 5/6(disz) gurusz
iti ezem-szul-gi-ta
iti sze-sag11-ku5-sze3
a2-bi 5(gesz2) 3(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
iti 6(disz)-kam
sze-ba dah-hu-a de6-a
ku-li i3-dab5
mu en-unu6-gal inanna unu ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TRU 379. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P135143) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135143..

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