CST 060

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P107572

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107572.

Transliteration

3(iku) GAN2 szuku am-ma-[mu]
a-sza3 a-gar3-gu-[la] uri5-da [gub-ba]
am-ma-mu#
apin-la2-sze3 ur-ba#-[ba6-ra]
in-na-an#-[szum2]
1(asz) sze gur lugal#
sze ur5-ra masz2 ga2-ga2-[dam]
ki ur-ba-ba6-ta
am-ma-mu
szu ba-ti
zi-ga 1(gesz2)-sze3 ur-ba-ba6-ke4 in-na-ni-[gar]
am-ma-mu
mu lugal nu-ub-gi4-[gi4]-da in-pa3
iti u5-bi2-gu7#
mu si-mu-ru-um#[] u3 lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 060. 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 (P107572) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107572..

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