UET 3, 1366

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P137691

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137691.

Transliteration

1(bur'u) 9(bur3) 2(esze3) [x GAN2 ...]
4(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) e gil#? [...]
a-sza3 ri-ba-ga-da-ib2-dim2 [...]
a-de2 [...]
2(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) [...]
2(asz) 2(ban2) e gil#? [...]
x AN [x]
[...] gid2 [...]
x i-bi2-suen lugal
a-sza3 ri-ba-ga-da-[x]-dim2?-x
mu-kux(DU)
mu e2 szara2 umma-ka ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 1366. 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 (P137691) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137691..

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