RIME 2.11.06.02, ex. add05

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P431422

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Transliteration

erisz-ki-gal
nin ki u4-szu4-ra
lu2-utu
ensi2
umma-ke4
nam-ti-la-ni-sze3
ki utu-e3
ki nam-tar-re-da
e2 mu-na-du3
gaba-ba-a bi2-in-zi
mu-bi pa bi2-in-e3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RIME 2.11.06.02, ex. add05. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (P431422) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P431422..

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