SACT 2, 140

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129097

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129097.

Transliteration

2(u) sar sahar
ka a-DU a-kun-NE-ka
3(disz) sar e a-kun-NE
1(u) ninda gid2 1/3(disz) sar-ta
sahar-bi 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sar
igi e2 sa12-du5-ka
3(u) ninda gid2 1/2(disz) ninda dagal 2/3(disz) kusz3 bur3
[sahar]-bi# 1(u) sar#
[3(u) 5(disz)] ninda gid2 1/2(disz) ninda dagal 1(disz) kusz3 bur3
[sahar]-bi# 1(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sar
[4(disz) ninda] gid2 2/3(disz) kusz3 bur3
[sahar]-bi 2(disz) 2/3(disz) sar
[sza3]-iri
[szunigin] 5(u) 6(disz)#? 1/2(disz) sar
[a]-sza3# ka-ma-ri2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 140. 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 (P129097) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129097..

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