SACT 2, 121

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129078

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129078.

Transliteration

1(esze3) 2(iku) GAN2 tug2-gurx(|SZE.KIN|) ak 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2-ta
a2 erin2-na-bi 3(u) 4(disz) 1/2(disz)-kam
2(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3 a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
a2 erin2-na-bi 2(u)-kam
a-sza3-e kin ak ba-UD
nu-uru4 a-sza3 e2-lugal
ugula ur-mes
kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e
giri3 gu-u2-gu-a
iti nesag
mu hu-hu-nu-ri ba-hul
[lugal-e2-mah-e]
dub-[sar]
dumu lugal-ku3-ga-[ni]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 121. 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 (P129078) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129078..

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