TSU 058

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135221

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135221.

Transliteration

5(u) ziz2 gur
szesz-szesz
2(gesz2) 2(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) gur
ARAD2-nansze
4(barig) ab-ba-mu dumu ur-nu-musz-da
1(asz) 1(barig) lu2-maszkim!(PA-DU)-sag3-ga
3(asz) 2(barig) ziz2 ab-bu-na
lu2-ga2-tum3-du10 guru7-da tusz-a
szunigin 3(gesz2) 1(u) 9(asz) 1(barig) gur
zi-ga
ziz2 gu2 asznan
mu en inanna masz2-e i3-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TSU 058. 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 (P135221) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135221..

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