CUSAS 03, 0214

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P322572

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322572.

Transliteration

3(disz) gurusz szitim lu2# [nig2-ba-ba6]
2(disz) gurusz szitim lu2 [di3-ma-at kal2-bu-um]
[n] gurusz szitim# [lu2 ur-szul-pa-e3]
3(disz) [...]
1(u) 5(disz) [...]
2(disz) [...]
1(disz) [...]
[...]
[...]
1(disz) [...]
ugula [...]
ARAD2 [e2-A-me-esz2]
[...]
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0214. 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 (P322572) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322572..

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