UET 3, 0046

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P136362

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136362.

Transliteration

1(disz) sag nita2 SIG7
dingir-ma-lik mu-ni-im
ARAD2# ur-gu-kam
[...] 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar-sze3
lu2-suen
in-szi-sa10
1(disz) en-nam-i3-li2 dumu ku-za-a
1(disz) ma-ga-ru-um dumu ur-li
1(disz) im-me-er muhaldim
1(disz) za-nu-um szu-i
1(disz) i-di3-e3-a dumu szu-i3-li2 x
1(disz) [...]
ur-gu#
dumu ur#?-sukkal#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0046. 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 (P136362) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136362..

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