CUSAS 03, 0560

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P323903

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P323903.

Transliteration

1(barig) 4(ban2) sze ugula za-la-a
1(barig) 4(ban2) sza-at-bi-zi-il
2(ban2) esz18-dar-[im]-ti
1(barig) la-[ma]-za-tum
2(ban2) [ba]-zi
1(barig) 1(ban2) [be]-li2#-i3-li2
4(ban2) a-li2#-bi-a
2(ban2) utu-a-bi
3(ban2) ma-asz2-tum
2(ban2) me-e2-a
1(asz) 2(barig) 2(ban2) gur
mu esza-sze3
szu ba-ti

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0560. 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 (P323903) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P323903..

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