CST 204

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P107716

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107716.

Transliteration

1(disz) masz2 ga babbar2 sza3 wa-da-al-tum
1(disz) masz2 gi sza3 ki-sa2-a
1(disz) udu a-lum niga saga us2
1(disz) masz2-gal niga saga szimaszgi
3(disz) udu ge6 szimaszgi
2(disz) udu
1(disz) masz2#? [...]
1(disz) [...]
1(disz) [...]
3(disz) [...]
ba-usz2 u4 [x-kam]
ki a-hu-ni#-[ta]
ur-nigar szu ba-ti
iti szu-esz-sza
mu ha-ar-szi ki-masz u3 hu-<ur5>-ti ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 204. 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 (P107716) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107716..

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