UET 3, 0038

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P136354

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136354.

Transliteration

[...] 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze
KA-a-asz ba-gi
ur-szul-pa-e3-sze3
iti-da 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3-ta
su-su-da
mu lugal-bi in-pa3
igi ur-nin-gubalag-sze3
igi da-a-a-sze3
[iti] ezem-nin-a-zu
[mu] bad3#-gal ba-du3
ur-szul-pa-e3
dumu lugal-sza3-la2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0038. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P136354) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136354..

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