CST 632

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108148

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108148.

Transliteration

1(u) la2 1(disz) geme2 3(ban2)
en-du8-du-ta
kun i7-da# ziz2 u2 ga6-ga2 sahar si-ga
ugula lu2-bala-saga
kiszib3 a-du-mu
iti dumu-zi
mu ma2 en-ki ba-ab-du8
ur-suen
dub-sar
dumu ur-gigir
sza3-tam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 632. 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 (P108148) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108148..

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