CST 076

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P107588

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107588.

Transliteration

2(u) 4(disz) udu 6(disz) u8
3(disz) masz2 2(disz) ud5
e2-u4-7(disz) iti u4 5(disz) ba-zal
5(u) 5(disz) udu 1(u) 5(disz) u8
9(disz) masz2 3(disz) ud5
e2-u4-1(u)-5(disz)
iti u4 1(u) 3(disz) ba-zal
1(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) udu 2(u) 5(disz) u8
2(u) masz2 1(u) ud5
e2-u4-sakar iti u4 3(u) ba-zal
szu-gid2 ki na-lu5-ta
na-sa6 i3-dab5
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu si-mu-ru-um u3 lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 076. 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 (P107588) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107588..

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