Syracuse 325

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130876

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130876.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4
3(disz) nunuz muszen
5(disz) dug ga
2(barig) x-[x]-x lugal
1(barig) 3(ban2) HA [x] sal4#-la
5(disz) ku6 hal
5(asz) gu2 szum2-sikil
5(asz) gu2 szum2 gaz
5(asz) gu2 ga:rasz
e2-sag-da-na-ka
nigar-ki-du10
mu-kux(DU)
ki nin9-tur-tur-sze3
mu 4(disz)-kam us2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 325. 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 (P130876) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130876..

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