CUSAS 03, 0074

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P323249

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P323249.

Transliteration

[...]
[n] gurusz# [...]
[n] 4(disz) gurusz szitim
[n] gurusz im i3-li-de9 gub-ba
[n] gurusz 2(u) 5(disz) geme2 im ga6-[ga2 ...]-a ga2-ga2-[de3] gub-ba
[n] gurusz gi-zi x e2#-ar3-ra-sze3 gen-na-me
[n] gurusz zi-ga gub-ba
[n] gurusz ga2-nun-na tusz-a
[n] gurusz ka2 e2-gaszam tusz-a
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0074. 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 (P323249) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P323249..

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