CUSAS 03, 1035

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P322653

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322653.

Transliteration

1(ban2) [...]
3(disz) [...]
bad3-[sze3]
6(disz) sila3 dabin
1(disz) sila3 esza
gaba-ri-a ka2-bar-ra u3 ka2 im sig4 kux(KWU147)-ra
2(ban2) dabin ninda sal-la dida#?
1(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra saga tu7-sze3
gala u3 ama-gal-e-ne
ib2-gu7
u4 tag-ri-ib-tum bad3
szunigin 5(ban2) [...]
szunigin# [n ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 1035. 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 (P322653) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322653..

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