CUCT 003

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108793

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108793.

Transliteration

3(disz) gu4 u4 2(u) 6(disz)
2(disz) gu4 u4 2(u) 7(disz)
szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim-sze3
ki en-lil2-la2-ta ba-zi
iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
mu en nanna# kar-zi-da ba-hun
[amar-suen]
[lugal kal-ga]
lugal uri5#-[ma]
lugal an-ub-da limmu2-[ba]
ur-szul-pa-[e3]
dub-[sar]
dumu ur-ha-[ia3]
ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUCT 003. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Semitics/ICOR Collections, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA (P108793) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108793..

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