Syracuse 075

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130626

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130626.

Transliteration

2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) sar masz-ISZ ku5-ra2 1(u) sar-ta
a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz)-kam
4(gesz2) 1(u) sar al 5(disz) sar-ta
a2-bi u4 5(u) 3(disz) [x]-kam
1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) sar gug4#! ze2-a 1(u) sar-ta
a2-bi u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam
1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) sar al 4(disz) sar-ta
a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 4(u) 5(disz)-kam
kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam
inim#-szara2 dumu
da#-a-ga
mu en eridu ba-hun
inim-szara2
dumu da-a-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 075. 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 (P130626) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130626..

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