UET 3, 0835

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P137159

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137159.

Transliteration

x [...]
3(disz) [...]
4(disz) nig2# [...]
2(disz) nig2 za3-hi#-[li]
gal-zu-da-ri2-bu3#-[...]
1(disz) mar gu2-ne [...]
da#?-[...]
[n] ma-zal-lum
x mu# [...]
[n] 1(disz) pesz3 nu-zu-hum [...]
[n] pesz3 ga2-x-x [...]
[...] x e2# x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0835. 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 (P137159) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137159..

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