USC 6534

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235347

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235347.

Transliteration

2(disz) suen-ga-mi-id? x
5(disz) er3-ra-di-x-x
2(disz) 1/2(disz) lu2-x-x
x x [...]
1(disz)# sila3# x [...]
a-hu-isz-suen#?
3(disz) 1/2(disz) suen-e-ri-x
3(disz) x-a-da-x-x
suen#?-x-x
1(disz) sila3 sze x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6534. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Archaeological Research Collection, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA (P235347) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235347..

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