UET 3, 0167

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P136484

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136484.

Transliteration

u4 5(disz) nu-ub-tuku
[n] kasz ge6 du
du6-ur2-sze3
[x] sila3 kasz ge6 du
[...] simug
[...] ge6 du
[bala-bala]-e-de3
e2 nanna-sze3
siskur2 e2-u4-7(disz)
a2 ge6-ba-a u4 6(disz)-kam
zi-ga siskur2 lugal
iti masz-ku3-gu7
mu us2-sa bad3-gal ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0167. 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 (P136484) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136484..

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