NATN 612

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P121310

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121310.

Transliteration

[...] 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
ki ur-du6-ku3-ga-ta
na-bi2-en-lil2
szu ba-an-ti
iti szu-numun-a
iti 2(disz)-sze3
gu-la2-dam
mu lugal-bi in-pa3
mu si-mu-ru-um[] mu-hul
na-bi2-en-lil2
dumu en-i3-li2
szagina |BAD3.AN|?[]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NATN 612. 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 (P121310) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121310..

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