Syracuse 082

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130633

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130633.

Transliteration

6(gesz2) 5(u) 8(disz) gurusz
u4 1(disz)-sze3 gi ku5-ra2 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta
a-sza3 nin10-nu-du3
nu-banda3-gu4 a-ab-ba#
ugula lu2-da-[mu]
kiszib3 inim-szara2
mu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam sza-asz-szu2-ru-um ba-hul
inim-szara2
dub-sar
dumu ur-nigar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 082. 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 (P130633) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130633..

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