Syracuse 088

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130639

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130639.

Transliteration

1(u) 7(disz) kaskal 1(barig)-ta
2(disz) si-ig-da a?-esir2 su-ba
1(disz) kid 1(u) 5(disz) gin2
1(u) 5(disz) kaskal 2(ban2)-ta
1(u) 5(disz) kaskal 1(ban2)-ta
ki szesz-kal-la-ta
ku3-ga-ni szu ba-ti
iti szu-numun
mu us2-sa bad3 ba-du3
ur-li9-si4
ensi2 umma
ku3-ga-ni
dub-sar
dumu ur-szul-pa-e3
ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 088. 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 (P130639) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130639..

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