CBS 11666

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P266807

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P266807.

Transliteration

[n gur]
igi-bi n [...]
inim-sa6-[...]
1(gesz2) 3(u) 3(asz) [gur]
igi-bi 3(barig) 4(ban2)# [...]
ur-AN-x x [x]
1(gesz2) 8(asz) gur#
igi-bi 3(barig) 4(ban2)# [...]
lu2 za-ri2-iq
1(gesz2) 8(asz) gur igi-bi 3(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz)#? sila3#?
lu2-lal3-ta
1(gesz2) 8(asz) gur igi-bi 3(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3#
lugal-za3-e
1(gesz2) 8(asz) gur igi-bi x? 3(barig) 4(ban2)# 5(disz) sila3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CBS 11666. 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 (P266807) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P266807..

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