CUSAS 16, 289

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P416197

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416197.

Transliteration

4(disz) udu-nita2
2(disz) masz2 2(disz) sila4
iti ses-da-gu7
2(disz) u8 2(disz) ud5
3(disz) masz2 1(disz) sila4
iti u5-bi2-gu7
6(disz) udu-nita2
[n] masz2
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
sa2-du11 be-la-at-suh-[nir]
u3 be-la-at-dar-ra-ba#-an
an-nu-ni-tum
u3 ul-ma-szi-tum
iti 3(disz)-kam
mu e2 puzur4-isz-da-gan ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 16, 289. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA (P416197) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416197..

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