CBS 11118

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P266281

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P266281.

Transliteration

[...] sila3
[...] n-kam
[...]
[...]-x-da
[...] x
x x x x [...]
szunigin 7(disz) [...]
sze-bi 5(asz) 1(barig) 7(disz) sila3 sze
[...] x x x u2 zix(SIG7)-a
[a?]-sza3#? ur-za?-ba-ba
i3#-na-LUM-e i3-dab5
[iti e2]-iti-6(disz)
[mu ...] x x x x ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CBS 11118. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P266281) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P266281..

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