UET 3, 1562

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P137888

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137888.

Transliteration

2(disz) gada |KI.KAL| gada-mah nanna
2(disz) gada |KI.KAL| na-me-du3 nanna
lu2-nin-isin2?
1(disz) gada hal saga
ki-la2-bi 1(asz) gu2 4(u) la2 1(disz) ma-na
lu2-suen#
gada! sa-gi4#-a
mu-kux(DU)
e2-kiszib3-ba ga2-nun-mah-ka ba-an-kux(KWU636)
giri3 ur-dingir-ra
u3 ur-nin-mug
iti szu-esz5-sza
mu en inanna ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 1562. 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 (P137888) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137888..

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