CUSAS 03, 0916

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P322414

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322414.

Transliteration

2(disz) kusz udu#
2(disz) kusz# masz2#
ki []iszkur#-illat-ta
iszkur-saga
szu ba-ti
iti ezem-szu-suen
mu ma2-gur8-mah ba-dim2
szu-[kab-ta]
a-[zu]
dumu na-ra-am-i3-[li2]
szar-ru-um-ba-[ni]
dub-sar ARAD2-[zu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0916. 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 (P322414) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322414..

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