Syracuse 013

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130564

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130564.

Transliteration

1(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 tug2-gurx(|SZE.KIN|) tug2-gur8 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2-ta gesz-ur3-ra# [a-ra2 x]
1(esze3) GAN2-[ta] 1(u) 1(disz) x-[...] gesz-ur3-[...]
a-sza3 nin-ur4-ra
a-sza3 an-ne2 ga2-ra#
ugula gu2-tar
kiszib3 a-kal-la
mu en eridu ba-hul
a-kal-la
dub-sar
dumu lugal-e2-mah-e

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 013. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York, USA (P130564) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130564..

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