CST 124

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P107636

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107636.

Transliteration

4(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2
szu-ir-ha-an
2(disz) udu 1(disz) u8 sila4 nu2-a
lu2-geszkim-zi-da
5(u) 1(disz) gu4 4(disz) ab2
2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) udu
5(gesz2) 3(u) 4(disz) u8
1(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) masz2-gal
1(u) 4(disz) sila4 ga
gu2 szuszin
1(disz) sila4 dingir-szu-ra-bi2
mu-kux(DU)
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu ki-masz u3 hu-ur5-ti ba-hul
u4 8(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 124. 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 (P107636) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107636..

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