CUSAS 03, 1034

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P322648

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322648.

Transliteration

[n] sila3 esza#
a-ra2 1(disz)-[kam]
1(disz) dug dida du#
2(disz) sila3 dabin
1(disz) sila3 esza
1/2(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
3(disz) sila3 dabin
2(disz) sila3 esza
1(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
zi3 dub-dub didli-sze3
siskur2 ma2 2(disz) 2(disz)? 1/2(disz)?
[ki] iszkur-illat-[ta ba-zi]
giri3# puzur4-[nin-kar-ke3 dub-sar]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 1034. 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 (P322648) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322648..

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