TSU 024

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135195

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135195.

Transliteration

2(u) 6(disz) kusz gu4 saga
1(u) 5(disz) kusz gu4 hul
4(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) kusz udu hi-a
kusz a-gar gu7?-a
1(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) kusz gu4 hi-a
1(u) 1(disz) kusz ansze hi-a
1(gesz2) kusz KU saga
6(gesz2) 1(u) kusz hul-a
kusz a-gar gu7-a
szunigin 2(gesz2) 4(disz) kusz gu4 a
szunigin 1(u) 1(disz) kusz ansze
szunigin 5(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 1(u) kusz hi-a
e2-kiszib3-ba si-il-la
iti dumu-zi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TSU 024. 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 (P135195) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135195..

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