CST 546

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108062

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108062.

Transliteration

1(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
alan#-ta ga2-ra
1(disz) har ku3-babbar ki-la2-bi 9(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2#
1(disz) bi2-za-za ku3-babbar ki-la2-bi 1/3(disz) gin2
mu-kux(DU) nin-e11-e
szunigin 1(u) 1(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
alan-na ga2-ga2-de3
ki en-mu10-us2-sa2-ta#
ur-szul-pa-e3# ku3-dim2 szu ba-ti#
iti dumu-zi
mu en inanna unu masz2-e [i3]-pa3#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 546. 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 (P108062) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108062..

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