Syracuse 105

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130656

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130656.

Transliteration

2(esze3) 4(iku) GAN2 dingir-a
tug2-gur10 ak u4 2(u)-kam
1(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra bar 1(disz)-kam
1(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 gesz SZE3 gi-am3
a-sza3 GAN2-lugal
ugula i7-pa-e3
kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam
lugal-a2-zi-da
mu en-mah nanna ba-hun
lugal-a2-zi-da
dub-sar
dumu da-[da]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 105. 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 (P130656) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130656..

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