CST 711

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108228

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108228.

Transliteration

5(u) 4(barig) sze gur si-sa2
a-ra2 1(disz)-kam#
4(gesz'u) a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
[x]-sag-du
[a]-ra2 3(disz)-kam
[...] x 2(barig)? a#!-ra2 4(disz)-kam
[...]-ta#
3(u) 5(disz) sze bar-ra-an
ma2# ki-tusz-lu2
2(gesz2) 3(u) [...] gur
ma2 a-kal-la

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 711. 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 (P108228) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108228..

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