NATN p. 57 catalogue N 0807

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P275968

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P275968.

Transliteration

1(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 x
4(u) 9(disz)? a2-x
1(disz) gir-x-x [...]
1(disz) sila3? x x [...]
[...]
[...] x x x [x]
[u2]-sze3-he2-du kiszib3? in-da-[x]
[iti] ezem-me-[ki-gal2]
[mu ...]
u2-<sze3>-he2-du#
dumu inanna-ka

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NATN p. 57 catalogue N 0807. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P275968) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P275968..

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