CUSAS 03, 0527

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324072

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324072.

Transliteration

3(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 munu4#
sze-ba geme2 ARAD2
ki i-me2-er3-ra-ta
iszkur-illat
szu ba-ti
giri3# a-hu-wa-[qar] dub-[sar]
a-sza3 ti-im-bu-[na]-aszgi
iti masz-da3-gu7
mu en inanna unu-ga masz2-e i3-pa3#
[me-]isztaran#
dumu-munus lugal
a-hu-wa-qar
dub-sar ARAD2-[zu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0527. 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 (P324072) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324072..

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