CST 714

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108231

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108231.

Transliteration

1(barig) sze lugal
1(gesz2) 4(asz) 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 dabin# <gur>
4(asz) zi3 gig hul-a
1(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) gig gur
6(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15
5(disz) sila3 esza
3(asz) zi3 gazx(KUM)
kiszib3 di-x
ki ur-da-[...]-ba-ta#
ugu2 guzza-ni ba-a-gar
mu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam kar2 har ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 714. 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 (P108231) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108231..

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