CUSAS 39, 029

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P250764

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P250764.

Transliteration

3(asz) ninda gur
ninda nig2-gal2-la iti 5(disz)-kam
sza3-bi-ta
3(barig) ur-dumu-zi-da gu-za-la2
1(barig) 3(ban2) ama-szim
3(barig) lu2-nin#-ur4#-ra#
szu-a gi-na
iti 6(disz)-kam
2(barig) 5(ban2) kiszib3 ur-dumu-zi-da
2(asz) 2(ban2) gur
zi-ga-am3
la2-ia3 4(barig) 4(ban2) sze
nig2-ka9-ak guzza-ni
mu si-mu-ru-um

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 39, 029. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway (P250764) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P250764..

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