CDLJ 2007/1 §3.22

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P368375

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P368375.

Transliteration

3(asz) sze gur
kiszib3 lu2-nin-szubur
3(asz) gur
kiszib3 igi-szara2-sze3
[...] ansze
[...] x kiszib3 gu-du-du
[x] ziz2 gur
[x] sze# gur
kiszib3# ba-a-mu
iti pa4-u2-e
mu en ga-esz ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2007/1 §3.22. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA (P368375) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P368375..

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