ViOr 8/1, 072

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142014

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142014.

Transliteration

x x x ku3-babbar
[...] x x [x] a-sza3
[...] x banda3
szesz-[kal]-la
szu ba-ti
iti dal
mu us2-sa e2 puzur4#-da-gan ba-du3
ur-[li9-si4]
ensi2#
umma[]
szesz-kal#-la#
[dub-sar]
[dumu na-silim]
[ARAD2-zu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ViOr 8/1, 072. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Università Pontificia Salesiana, Rome, Italy (P142014) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142014..

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