CST 721

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108238

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108238.

Transliteration

3(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 sze lugal
ku3-bi 1(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 6(disz) sze
2(barig) 6(disz) sila3 gu2-gal
ku3-bi 1(disz) gin2 1(u) 8(disz) sze
2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 gamun2 babbar
ku3-bi 2/3(disz) gin2 2(u) 4(disz) sze
sa2-du11 szara2
szesz-kal-la szu ba-ti
ki ur-lamma-ta
kiszib3 lugal-nig2-lagar-e
iti e2-iti-6(disz)
mu us2-sa bad3 ba-du3
lugal-si-NE-[e]
dub-[sar]
dumu lugal-sa6-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 721. 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 (P108238) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108238..

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