UET 3, 1632

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P137958

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137958.

Transliteration

1(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
ki-la2-bi 4(disz) ma-na
1(gesz2) la2 1(disz) tug2 guz-za du
ki-la2-bi 4(asz) gu2 1(disz) ma-na
7(disz) tug2 usz-bar
ki-la2-bi 2(u) 4(disz) ma-na
1(u) 4(disz) tug2 mug
ki-la2-bi 5(u) 4(disz) ma-na
sza-lim-be-li2
mu-kux(DU)
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu e2 puzur4-isz-da-gan ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 1632. 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 (P137958) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137958..

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