SACT 1, 144

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128899

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128899.

Transliteration

1(disz) udu niga
1(disz) ud5 niga
du6-ku3
nansze-GIR2@g-gal maszkim
5(disz) udu niga sa2-du11
hal-hal-la iti 1(disz)-kam
e2# u4-sakar
iti u4 3(u) la2 1(disz) ba-zal
ki na-lu5-ta
ba-zi
sza3 nibru
iti szu-esz5-sza
mu gu-za sza3 hul2-la en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
7(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 144. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128899) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128899..

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