CST 661

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108178

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108178.

Transliteration

1(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 8(disz) sila3 sze gur
1(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 4(disz) sila3 duh saga gur
4(u) 9(asz) 2(barig) 3(disz) sila3 duh du gur
ki ur-e11-e-ta
sza3-gal gu4
kiszib3 lu2-he2-gal2
mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 661. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y2 — Urbilum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P108178) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108178..

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