CBS 10249

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P265487

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P265487.

Transliteration

2(barig)# 2(ban2)# [...] x
x x x
3(ban2)# sa2-du11
4(ban2) x x
2(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 u2#?-x-i3-li2
2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 nin9-ur2-ra
7(disz) sila3 ku-da
1(ban2) giri3-ni
1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 NI-x-x
6(disz) sila3 NE?-x
3(disz) sila3 x x
1(disz) sila3 x x
1(disz) sila3 a?-ma?-x x x
x x x x x x
x x x x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CBS 10249. 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 (P265487) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P265487..

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