CUSAS 03, 0062

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P332470

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332470.

Transliteration

szunigin 1(u) gurusz szitim#
szunigin 4(u) 3(disz) gurusz
szunigin 5(u) la2 1(disz) geme2
2(disz) gurusz#-[...]
3(disz) [...]
ab-ba-ama-[ta ...]-de3 [gub-ba]
e2-usz-bar [...] e2-gaszam# [...]
1(u) gurusz im#-sumur# [...]
1(disz) lu-ga-tum
ninda du8-de3 gub-ba
1(disz) szesz-kal-la tu-ra
ugula# i-ri-ib
[1(disz)] ma-szum szitim [ki] szu#-kab-ta-sze3 gen-na

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0062. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (P332470) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332470..

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