CUSAS 03, 1273

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P322558

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322558.

Transliteration

4(disz) e2-da asal2
3(u) sa gi NE#
1(disz) kun-gu2-dagal tab-ba gid2 5(disz) ninda
[x]-x-gu kiri6 gar-sza-[an]-na ba-a-gar
[ki iszkur]-illat-ta
[ak]-ba-zum
szu ba-an-ti
iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
mu na-ru2-a-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-[ra] mu-ne-du3
ak-ba-zum
dumu ab-ba

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 1273. 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 (P322558) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322558..

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