Syracuse 233

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130784

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130784.

Transliteration

3(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
ki-su7-a kun-kum2-[(x)]-ma gub-ba
[ugula] lugal#-e2-mah-e
[kiszib3] ur-am3#-ma
a-sza3 ka-ma-ri2
mu hu#-hu#-nu-ri [ba]-hul
ur-am3-ma
dub-sar
dumu na-silim

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 233. 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 (P130784) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130784..

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