CUSAS 03, 0887

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P322443

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322443.

Transliteration

4(u) 2(disz)# kusz udu
5(disz) kusz sila4
2(disz) kusz masz2-gal
6(disz) kusz#-[x]
ki iszkur-illat#-[ta]
a-na-[ah-i3-li2]
szu ba-[ti]
[iti] ezem#-[...]
mu# ma#-[da za-ab]-sza-[li mu-hul]
an-na-ah-i3-li2 aszgab
dumu sa2-ba

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0887. 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 (P322443) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322443..

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