YOS 18, 114

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142508

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142508.

Transliteration

[...] sze-numun gur
[kiszib3 ...] esz3-ki-gi-na
3(iku) gur kiszib3 min-GAN2-pa-e3
3(asz) gur kiszib3 lugal-SZID-gag
3(asz) gur kiszib3 ur-en-lil2-la2
3(asz) gur kiszib3 da-du-mu
1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e
1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur kiszib3 lu2-giri17-zal
3(asz) gur kiszib3 lugal-ku3-zu
3(asz) gur kiszib3 ba-sa6
2(asz) gur kiszib3 lugal-nesag-e
3(asz) gur kiszib3 ur-gigir szabra
1(asz) gur kiszib3 ur-szul-pa-e3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — YOS 18, 114. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Colgate University Libraries, Hamilton, New York, USA (P142508) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142508..

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