CST 624

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108140

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108140.

Transliteration

1(u) 8(disz) gurusz sza3-sahar-ra u4 1(disz)-sze3
ma-nu ku5-ra2 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta
ugula lugal-ezem
a-sza3 gu2-edin-na
kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam
e2-gal-e-si
iti min-esz3
mu us2-sa ur-bi2-i3-lum ba-hul
e2-gal-e-si
dub-sar
dumu lu2-[szara2]
sa12-du5

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 624. 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 (P108140) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108140..

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