CST 689

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108206

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108206.

Transliteration

1(asz) 2(ban2) sze ur5-ra gur mu-kux(DU)
lugal-za3-ge-si engar
1(asz) 1(ban2) gur ur-saga-mu
1(asz) gur ur-dumu-zi-da
1(asz) 2(ban2) gur i7-pa-e3
4(barig)# lugal-nir-gal2
[n] ur!#-suen
[...]
szunigin# 5(asz) 3(barig)#? 5(ban2) sze gur
sze ur5-ra mu-kux(DU) ensi2
sza3 e2-kikken-gibil
giri3 lu2-inanna
iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la
mu us2-sa ma2 en-ki ba-ab-du8

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 689. 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 (P108206) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108206..

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