NATN 574

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P121272

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121272.

Transliteration

[x] ma-na ku3-babbar
ki za-an-ALIM-ta
ab-ba-sa6-ga
u3# un#-da-ga
[szu ba]-ti#-esz2
[...]-ga
[mu en ]inanna unu masz2#-e i3-pa3#
[...] x
[...] x-a [x]
[mu lugal]-bi i3-pa3-de3-esz2
[1(disz)] lu2#-en-lil2-la2 dumu ur-du6-ku3-ga
1(disz) lu2-utu dumu lu2-e2-a
1(disz) lu2-gir-gi4-lu dumu ad-da-kal-la
lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
ARAD2#-mu sagi ensi2#-ka maszkim-bi-im

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NATN 574. 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 (P121272) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121272..

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