CST 575

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108091

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108091.

Transliteration

3(disz) sar# al 5(disz) sar
a2-bi u4 3(u) 5(disz)-kam
4(disz) sar x x-ta# zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) sar#-ta#
a2-bi u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam#
[x]-x uku2-nu-ti
a2# sza3-gu4
ugula lu2-utu
kiszib3 sza3-nin-ga2
mu e2-szara2 ba-du3
sza3-nin-ga2
dub-sar
dumu lugal-[uszurx(|LAL2.TUG2|)]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 575. 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 (P108091) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108091..

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