CUSAS 03, 0446

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P323793

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P323793.

Transliteration

2(asz) 4(ban2) sze gur
1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) dabin gur
3(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
7(disz) ad3 udu
3(u) 5(disz) u4 al-dar?-ra
1/2(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 [...]
2(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 [...]
1(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 [...]
sze-ba i3-[...]
ki iszkur-illat-ta ba#-[zi]
giri3 puzur4-nin-kar-ke3 dub-sar
iti ezem-szu-suen
mu ma-da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul
gaba-ri

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0446. 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 (P323793) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P323793..

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