CDLJ 2007/1 §3.23

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P368376

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P368376.

Transliteration

5(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) sze gur#
ki-su7 usz-gid2-da
5(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) gur
ki-su7 gu2-edin-na
1(gesz2) gur ki-su7 szu-nu#-[kusz2]
1(gesz2) 6(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 4(disz) sila3#
ki-su7 sahar-u2-u2 [...]
1(u) 1(asz) gur ki-su7 i7 [...]
3(asz) gur ki-su7 sag-[du3]
szunigin 3(gesz2) 1(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2)# [4(disz) sila3]
sze szuku-ta gur-[ra]
gu2-edin-[na] u3# [musz]-bi-an-na
giri3# lu2-szul#-gi#!?-ra#
mu si-ma-num2 ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2007/1 §3.23. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA (P368376) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P368376..

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