CST 647

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108163

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108163.

Transliteration

1(barig) sze-ba za3#-[mu]
sza3-gal he2#-dab5
ur-x-x
2(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 sze
nig2-dab5 sze-kar-ra gal2-la
igi zi-ba?
nu-banda3-gu4 lugal-ku3?-zu?
1(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 zi3
nig2-dab5 sze-kar-ra-gal2-la
lugal-za3-ge-si engar
kiszib3 nu-ra-a
nu-banda3-gu4 i7-pa-e3
ki-su7 uku2-nu!#-ti!#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 647. 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 (P108163) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108163..

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