CST 685

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108202

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108202.

Transliteration

[...] nam#? x x x
1(ban2) ur-nin-gesz-zi-[da]
dumu-ni-me
1(barig) hu-la#!-[...]
4(ban2) ARAD2-ba-ba6
4(ban2) ur-gilgamesx(|BIL3.GA.MES|)#
2(ban2) lu2-nin-szubur x
dumu-ni-me
1(barig) ur-lamma
1(ban2) ur-ig-alim dumu-[ni]
1(barig) da-da
4(ban2) lu2-e2-sukud-ra2
1(barig) a-a-ki-lu5#!
szunigin 4(disz)# [...]
szunigin# 2(disz)# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 685. 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 (P108202) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108202..

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