CST 117

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P107629

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107629.

Transliteration

1(disz) gu4 1(disz) gu4 gesz-du3 gun3-a
1(u) 2(disz) udu 8(disz) udu a-lum
3(disz) gukkal 1(u) 6(disz) masz2-gal
ma-di3-na-ad mar-tu
1(disz) sila4 szar-ru-um-i3-li2
4(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila4
en-ur2-ku3-ge
1(disz) udu niga 1(disz) udu a-lum gesz-du3
1(disz) sila4 en-lil2-la2-i3-sa6
2(disz) sila4 lugal-me-lam2!
[x] sila4 en inanna
mu-kux(DU)
iti a2-ki-ti
mu ki-masz u3 hu-ur5-ti ba-hul
u4 1(u)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 117. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P107629) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107629..

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