TSU 014

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135185

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135185.

Transliteration

2(disz) gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2 2(disz) sze ku3-babbar
[...] 2(barig) sze gur lugal
ur-tur dumu na-sa6-ke4
ur-nansze kuruszda-da
in-da-an-tuku
igi kas4-sze3
igi ur-ki-gu-la
gudu4 nin-a-zu-sze3
ka-ga-na ba-an-gi-in
iti gu4-ta-bi2-mu2-mu2
mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul mu us2-sa-ba mu us2-sa-bi
ur-nansze
dumu erin-da
sipa udu niga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TSU 014. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium (P135185) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135185..

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