CUSAS 03, 0829

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P322496

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322496.

Transliteration

1(disz) tug2 [...]
1(disz) tug2 sza3-ga-du3 [...] szu-kab-[ta]
1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 3(disz)-[kam us2]
[1(disz)] tug2 bar-dul5 4(disz)-[kam us2]
1(disz) tug2 gu2-e3 nig2-lam2 4(disz)-[kam us2]
1(disz) tug2 bar nig2-lam2 x-[...]
2(disz) [tug2] sza3-ga-[du3 ...]
[...] tug2-[...]
tug2-[...]
ki asz-ta2-qar-ta
puzur4-a-ku-um
[szu] ba-ti
giri3 iszkur-illat
[u3] ma-lik-[ba-ni]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0829. 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 (P322496) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322496..

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