CUSAS 03, 0782

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324355

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324355.

Transliteration

2(disz) tug2 sag-ge6 saga#
2(disz) suhub2 tug2 du8-a gun3-a szu-kab-ta2 e2-ba-an
1(disz) e-sir2 du8-szi-[a]
tug2 du8-a-su4-a szu-kab-[ta e2]-ba-an
1(disz) e-sir2 tug2 [...] szu-kab-ta2 e2-[ba-an]
1(disz) e-sir2# [...] e2-ba-an
2(disz) tug2 ib2-la2 aktum2 du5?-ba du8-szi-a gar-ra
ki iszkur-illat-ta
szu-nin-isin2 szu-i
szu ba-ti
iti u5-bi2-gu7
mu [en ]inanna# unu-ga masz2#-e# i3-[pa3]
szu-nin-isin2
dumu ib-szu-x
ARAD2 szu-kab-ta2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0782. 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 (P324355) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324355..

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