CUSAS 03, 0549

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P323790

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P323790.

Transliteration

4(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 i3-[x]
4(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 i3-[x]
6(disz) sila3 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 nig2-ar3-ra saga
1(asz) gu2 1(u) 8(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na duh gesz-i3 had2
1(u) 1(disz) 2/3(disz) ad3 udu
9(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 mun
3(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 luh-la2
i3-ba u3 nig2-dab5 geme2 ARAD2
ki iszkur-illat-ta
ba-zi
sza3 gar-sza-an-na
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu en-am-gal-an-na en inanna unu-ga ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0549. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (P323790) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P323790..

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