CST 588

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108104

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108104.

Transliteration

4(u) 8(disz) eme [apin]
1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) zu2 GAN2-ur3-ra
1(u) 6(disz) zu2 al
2(disz) u3-suh5 a2 apin
kiri6 lugal-e-mah-e-ta
mu kas4-sze3
kiszib3 i7-pa-e3
iti dal
mu us2-sa si-ma-num2 ba-hul
i7-pa-e3
dumu lugal-uszurx(|LAL2.TUG2|)
nu-banda3-gu4 szara2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 588. 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 (P108104) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108104..

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