CUSAS 39, 196

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P250468

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P250468.

Transliteration

1(disz) gu4 dingir-ra#-mu
ku3-bi 6(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2#
inim-bi i3-til#
lugal#-ma2#-gur8#-re-sze3#
a-tu-e in-szi-sa10#
igi lu2-kal-la-[sze3]
igi bi2-da-sze3
igi lugal-ku3-zu-sze3
igi ur-saga
igi nimgir-an-ne2
lu2 ki inim-ma-me
mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-da-gan ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 39, 196. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway (P250468) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P250468..

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