CST 187

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P107699

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107699.

Transliteration

2(disz) gu4 1(u) 7(disz) udu
3(disz) masz2-gal
ha-za-num2? lu2 si2-mu!-dar-me
ugula zi-qur2-i3-li2
1(disz) sila4 ur-nin-gal
1(disz) sila4 szesz-zi-mu
1(disz) sila4 niga lu2-nin-szubur
1(disz) sila4 lu2-du10-ga
1(disz) sila4 na-silim
1(disz) sila4 zabar-dab5
mu-kux(DU) na-sa6 i3-dab5
iti ezem-an-na
mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul
u4 1(u)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 187. 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 (P107699) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107699..

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