Syracuse 205

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130756

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130756.

Transliteration

4(disz) gurusz u4 1(u)-sze3
|KI.AN|-ta umma
in-u i3-im-de6
2(disz) gurusz u4 1(gesz2) 3(u)-sze3
HAR-da gub-ba e2-gu4-ka
iti diri
mu si-mu-ru-um lu-lu-bu <<ba-hul>> a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam ba-hul-ta
iti sig4-i3-szub-ba-gal2-la
mu ur-bi2-lum ba-hul-sze3
ki ba-sa6-ta
kiszib3 nigar-ki-du10
nigar-ki-du10
sipa gu4 niga
dumu lugal-sa6-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 205. 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 (P130756) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130756..

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