Syracuse 275

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130826

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130826.

Transliteration

1(bur3) 2(esze3) GAN2 gesz-ur3 a-ra2 3(disz) tug2-gur10 1(iku) GAN2-ta
2(bur3) GAN2 gesz-ur3 a-ra2 3(disz)
2(bur3) GAN2 gesz-ur3 a-ra2 2(disz)
a-sza3 la2-tur
ugula lugal-nesag-e
kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam ur-dun
mu ku3 gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
ur-dun
dub-sar
dumu da-da

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 275. 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 (P130826) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130826..

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