CDLJ 2009/2 §2.5

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P384822

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P384822.

Transliteration

5(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sar dih3 ku5 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta
a2-bi u4 3(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz)-kam
a-sza3 nin10-nu-du3
3(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 3(u) sar u2 ku5 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta
a2#-bi u4 2(gesz2) 3(u)-kam
[a]-sza3 du6-ku3-sig17 u3# a-sza3 pu2-si4-mu
7(gesz2)# sar kiszi17 1(u) 2(disz) sar-ta
[a2]-bi u4 3(u) 5(disz)# n-kam#
[a]-sza3# u2-[...]
[kiszib3 inim]-szara2
mu en eridu ba-hun
inim-szara2
dumu ur-nigar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2009/2 §2.5. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Special Collections, Robert Manning Strozier Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA (P384822) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P384822..

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