CUSAS 16, 007

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P416163

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416163.

Transliteration

1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
al ak
1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 3(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
nig2-gul ak
ki-sar
iti szu-numun
1(gesz'u) 3(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
al ak
1(gesz'u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
nig2-gul ak
6(gesz2) 3(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 tu-ra asz!?
iti munu4-gu7
he2-dab5-me
a-sza3 u2-szim-ba-ba6
mu en eridu#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 16, 007. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA (P416163) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416163..

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