CST 641

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108157

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108157.

Transliteration

3(asz) sze-ba za3#-mu
ur-nigar[] szesz? hu-si4?-zi
2(asz) 2(barig) ur#-nigar dumu NE-x-x-x
3(asz) ha-ma#-ti#
3(asz) ga-ti#-e
2(asz) 2(barig) ur-suen
2(asz) 2(barig) lu2-nin-ur4-ra
2(asz) 2(barig) ur-suen min-kam
2(asz) 2(barig) utu-bi2-du11
sze-ba za3-mu
iti dal
mu! a-ra2 2(disz)-kam kar2-har ba-hul
[...]
dub-sar
dumu lugal-sa6-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 641. 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 (P108157) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108157..

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