CUSAS 01, 099

~3100 BCE·Uruk Period·P325233

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P325233.

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Transliteration

4(N01) , SZE~a |U4x2(N57)|
1(N14) , SZE~a RU
1(N14) , SZE~a
2(N14) , SZE~a NUMUN BU~a
1(N45) 5(N14) , SZE~a
1(N14) 3(N01) , SZE~a E2~a
RU
1(N45) 1(N14) , A# NAR
3(N14) , ZATU773~a GIR3@g~b
2(N14) , DU
1(N14) 4(N01) , TUR GISZ3~b
4(N14) , |URU~a1xKI| EN~a
3(N14) 2(N01) , PAP~a BU~a [NAM2] SZE~a
[...] , X SAR~a# NIR~b URU~a1

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 099. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (P325233) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P325233..

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