CUSAS 03, 1224

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324373

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324373.

Transliteration

3(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 3(disz) sze ku3-babbar
1(asz) ziz2 gur
3(asz) duh e3 gur
si-i3-tum
[ur-]suen dam-[gar3]
in#-da#-gal2
iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
mu en inanna unu-ga masz2-e i3-[pa3]
ur-suen
dumu a2-pi5-lum-ma

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 1224. 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 (P324373) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324373..

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