CUSAS 03, 1499

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P322449

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322449.

Transliteration

ur-szul-[pa]-e3#-[ra]
u3-na-a-du11#
5(asz) sze gur
lu2 lugal-nig2-lagar-e
he2-na-ab-szum2-mu
na-mi-gur-re
dub-mu
szu ha-ba-szi-ib?-ti
sze-bi nig2-iri ga-ra-ab-su

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 1499. 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 (P322449) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322449..

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