CUSAS 16, 277

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P416187

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416187.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 5(disz) ad7 udu
1(gesz2) 2(u) la2 2(disz@t) kusz hi-a
ur-lamma
3(u)! 5(disz) ad7 udu
1(gesz2) 1(disz) kusz hi-a
i3-du-du
2(u) 4(disz) ad7 udu
3(u) 3(disz) kusz [hi-a]
al-la
szunigin 2(gesz2) 4(disz)? ad7 udu
szunigin 2(gesz2) 5(u) 2(disz) kusz udu
zi-ga
1(gesz2) 5(u) 5(disz) ad7 [...]
1(u) kusz udu
lu2-nin-szubur

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 16, 277. 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 (P416187) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416187..

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