CST 399

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P107914

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107914.

Transliteration

1(disz) udu en-ki
na-we-er-dingir maszkim
1(u) udu mu kas4-ke4-ne-sze3
1(u) 2(disz) udu
1(u) 3(disz) u8
5(disz) ud5
mu aga3-us2-e-ne-sze3
e2-muhaldim
ARAD2-mu maszkim
u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam
ki du11-ga-ta ba-zi
giri3 nu-ur2-iszkur dub-sar
iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
mu en nanna kar-zi-da ba-hun
4(u) 1(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 399. 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 (P107914) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107914..

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