CUSAS 03, 0631

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324285

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324285.

Transliteration

3(disz) tug2 guz#-[za 3(disz)-kam us2]
2(disz) tug2 gu2-e3 [guz-za] 3(disz)-kam [us2]
1(disz) tug2 ha-um gu#-[za]-uri5 3(disz)-kam#-[us2]
1(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-[kam us2]
3(disz) tug2 [...]
1(disz) tug2 [...]
ki asz-[ta2-qar-ta]
puzur4-a-[ku-um]
szu ba-an-ti
iti ki-siki nin-a-zu
mu ma-[da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul]
szu-kab-ta a-zu
dumu na-ra-am-i3-li2
puzur4-a-ku-um
lu2 azlag2 ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0631. 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 (P324285) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324285..

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