Syracuse 166

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130717

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130717.

Transliteration

8(disz) gurusz ugula da-da
1(u) 3(disz) gurusz 1(disz) tu-ra
ugula lu2-kal-la
1(u) 1(disz) gurusz ugula a-da-lal3
1(u) 2(disz) gurusz ugula ze2-na
1(u) 1(disz) gurusz ugula in-sa6-sa6
gurum2 ak u4 2(disz)-sze3 i7-da szu ur3-ra gug4 sze gu7
u4 3(disz)-sze3 sze gan-ga2 sahar-u2-u2-ka
giri3 lu2-giri17-zal
iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la
mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-da-gan ba-du3 mu us2-sa-bi
lu2-giri17-zal
dub-sar
[dumu ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 166. 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 (P130717) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130717..

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