TMH NF 1-2, 255 + 257

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134566

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134566.

Transliteration

[...]
lu2-[...]
a-a-[i3-li2-szu]
en-GAN#?-[GAN]
ur-[...]
a-a-i3-li2-szu#
szu ba-ti-esz
5(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 kar-ansze
apin-la2-sze3
mu 3(disz)-am3 uru4-de3 [...]
mu 1(disz)-am3 a-sza3 masz2 nu-ub#-tuku
mu lugal-bi i3-pa3-esz
szar-ru-um-i3-li2 ka#?-[guru7]
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 255 + 257. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P134566) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134566..

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