OIP 104, 355

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123228

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123228.

Transliteration

[n] gin2 ku3-babbar
[sa10]-am3 3(disz) sar e2-sze3
ki# nigar#-ki-du10-ta
nig2-saga dumu lu2-gu-la dam-gar3-ke4 szu ba-ti
1(disz) lu2-nin-szubur
1(disz) lugal-si-NE-e nar
1(disz) lu2-bulug3-ga2 dam-gar3
lu2-ki-inim-ma-sze3
iti pa4-u2-e u4 1(disz)-am3 i3-im-da-gal2
mu nanna kar-zi-da a-ra2 2(disz@t)-kam e2-an-na ba-a-kux(KWU147)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 104, 355. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P123228) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123228..

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