CST 331

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P107846

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107846.

Transliteration

4(u) 8(disz) gu4 ab2 hi-a
1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz) udu masz2 hi-a
zi-ga
ki szul-gi-a-a-mu
iti ezem-mah
mu en-unu6-gal inanna unu ba-hun
e2-tum#
amar-suen
nita kal-ga
lugal uri5-ma
lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
lugal-[iti-da]
dub-[sar]
[dumu ur-dumu-zi-da]
[ARAD2-zu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 331. 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 (P107846) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107846..

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