CUSAS 03, 0556

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P322923

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322923.

Transliteration

[...] x-x [...]
[...] AN-[...]
1(u) 5(disz) gurusz hun-ga2 1(disz) sila3 kasz ninda 2/3(disz) sila3 tu7?-ta
3(u) geme2 hun-ga2 2/3(disz) sila3 kasz ninda# 1/3(disz) sila3 tu7?-[ta]
3(disz) gurusz ugula lu2 hun-ga2 2(disz) sila3 kasz# ninda# 1/2(disz) sila3 tu7?-ta#
3(disz) gurusz dub-sar 2(disz) sila3 kasz ninda 1/2(disz) sila3 tu7?-ta
2(disz) gurusz dub-sar 1(disz) sila3 kasz ninda 1/3(disz) sila3 tu7?-ta
1(disz) gurusz simug 1(disz) [sila3] kasz# ninda 1/3(disz) sila3# tu7?
1(disz) gurusz SIG7? 1(disz) sila3 kasz ninda 1/3(disz) sila3 tu7?
1(disz) geme2 x-nesag? 2/3(disz) sila3 kasz ninda 1/3(disz)? sila3 tu7?
5(disz) gurusz ug3-IL2 2/3(disz) sila3 kasz ninda 1/3(disz) sila3 tu7?-ta
[...]-bi
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0556. 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 (P322923) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322923..

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