DCS 072

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109157

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109157.

Transliteration

1(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 kasz saga#
4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 kasz du
u4 8(disz)-kam
1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga
4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz du
u4 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
1(ban2) kasz saga 3(ban2) kasz du
ur-ba-ba6
5(disz) sila3 kasz saga
1(ban2) kasz du
a-a-kal-la
ki a-al-li2-ta
kiszib3 ensi2#-[ka]
iti [...]
mu [...] ba-x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — DCS 072. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (P109157) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109157..

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