CDLB 2016/001, §2.2.3

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P392632

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392632.

Transliteration

[n] 5(disz) x x [...]
x-x [...]
[...] gu4 4(disz) udu 1(disz)? masz2# x
[x] gu3#-de2-a x [...] x
[n] gu4 niga 4(disz) [...] x
[n] 1(disz) udu 1(disz) x
[a?]-kal#-la x [x]
[...] x [...]
[...]
x x ad#-da-kal#-[la] ugula usz-bar
[zi]-ga# s,e-lu-usz-da-gan
mu#-kux(DU)
iti ses-da-gu7
mu ki-masz u3 hu-ur5-ti ba-hul#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLB 2016/001, §2.2.3. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, California, USA (P392632) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P392632..

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