CST 719

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108236

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108236.

Transliteration

1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) gazi gur
3(ban2) u2-x
4(ban2) sze zi-bi2-tum
3(ban2) numun za3#-hi#-li
6(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 x-ga-ma-am3-tum
6(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 numun HI-<<a>>-sar
3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 numun babbar2 HI-sar
3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 numun x SZE3
3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 numun nig2-[...]-x
3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 numun x-du3-lum
ki ku3-ga-ni-ta
ur-szul-pa-e3
szu ba-ti
kiszib3 ensi2-ka
mu ur-bi2-lum ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 719. 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 (P108236) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108236..

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