CUSAS 03, 0826

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324149

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324149.

Transliteration

1(disz) ma-na siki [tug2] tug2 szar3#
[1(disz)] ma-na 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 siki tug2 ba-tab duh-hu-um me-isztaran
[n] 5(disz) ma-na siki tug2 nig2-lam2 3(disz)-kam us2
[n ma]-na# siki tug2 guz-za 3(disz)-kam us2
[n ma]-na# siki tug2 sziti-ma [4(disz)-kam us2]
[n?] 1(asz) gu2 siki tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
[n] gu2 siki tug2 guz-za# du
4(disz) gurdub2 siki ka-tab se3-ga
ki iszkur-illat-ta
asz-ta2-qar szu ba-ti
iti masz-da3-gu7
mu en-am-gal-an-na en inanna ba-hun
asz-ta2-qar
ugula usz-bar
geme2 me-isztaran

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0826. 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 (P324149) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324149..

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