CUSAS 03, 0365

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P322652

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322652.

Transliteration

[nam] 1(u) la-ma-za-[tum]
[n] hi-la-[a]
[n] ta-ri-bu-[um]
[n] a-bi-ma-a
6(gesz2) ha-an-ha-bi2
6(gesz2) we-s,i-tum
4(gesz2) lu2-ba-ni-id
6(gesz2) i3-li2-ba-asz-ti
7(gesz2)? i3-li2-tu-ri
1(gesz'u)? i3-li2-ib2-ki
1(gesz2) sza-at-i3-li2
1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) sza-lim-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0365. 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 (P322652) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322652..

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