CUSAS 01, 131

~3100 BCE·Uruk Period·P325360

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P325360.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(N05) 1(N42~a) , AB~a ZATU714
1(N01)# , ZATU710 PAP~a# UB ZI~a
1(N01) , SI TUN3~a
2(N42~a)# , ZATU710 UB ZI~a# KU3~a AD~a
3(N42~a) , ZATU710 UNUG~b
3(N42~a) , ZATU710 UB ZI~a UNUG~b
3(N42~a) , UB ZI~a UNUG~b
1(N05) , UB ZI~a# SZE~a DU A
1(N05)# , UB# ZI~a# I SUKKAL
1(N05) 1(N42~a)# 1(N25) , GAN2 ISZ~b
1(N42~a) , ZATU714
3(N14) , X
1(N05) , DAR~a GU~a
2(N20)# 4(N05) 3(N42~a) 1(N25) SZE~a , GU7 MUD NA~a BU~a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)) — CUSAS 01, 131. 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 (P325360) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P325360..

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