Syracuse 036

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130587

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130587.

Transliteration

1(disz) ug3 lu2-suen
dumu igi-szara2-sze3 zah3 gu-la-ta
1(disz) ug3 ur-iszkur
dumu ba-zi-ge zah3-ta
iti diri-ta u4 1(u) 5(disz)-am3 ba-ra-zal-ta
ba-sa6 i3-dab5
mu en-mah-gal-an-na ba-hun
ba-sa6
dub-sar
dumu lugal-sa6-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 036. 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 (P130587) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130587..

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