CUSAS 03, 1349

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324314

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324314.

Transliteration

4(disz) zi-ri-qum asal2
7(disz) gur a bala esir2 szub-ba
4(disz) ba-an la
ki iszkur-illat-ta
[nig2]-sza3#-ti um-mi-a
[szu ba]-ti
iti ezem-an-na
mu e2 szara2 umma-ka mu-du3
nig2-sza3-da
dumu ba-ba6-da
ARAD2 szu-kab-ta

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 1349. 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 (P324314) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324314..

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