CST 054

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P107566

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107566.

Transliteration

1(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila4
ne3-eri11-gal
mu-kux(DU) lu2-bala-sza3-ga sukkal
1(disz) sila4 utu
mu-kux(DU) lu2 nin-ga2
3(disz) gu4 niga 9(disz) udu niga
1(disz) sila4 niga 2(u) udu
mu-kux(DU) igi-an-na-ke4-zu
1(disz) sila4 niga mu-kux(DU) ensi2 nibru
nanna
zabar-dab5 maszkim
u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam
zi-ga iti ezem-nin-a-zu
mu en nanna masz-e i3-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 054. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P107566) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107566..

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