CST 572

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108088

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108088.

Transliteration

1(disz) ma2 1(gesz2) gur
ku5-da ma2-lah5
1(disz) szen
1(disz) kukku2-si2-im-ti
1(disz) geme2-iszkur
2(disz) za-hum zabar
1(disz) gal zabar
sza3 umma
1(disz) ur-asznan gala
1(disz) lugal-gigir-re nar#?
[1(disz)] lu2-giri17-[zal]
1(disz) x-[...]
1(disz) x-[...]
sza3 e2 [...]
nig2-ba [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 572. 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 (P108088) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108088..

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