Syracuse 462

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P131013

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131013.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila3 i3-gesz#?
[x] sila3 i3 [x] pisan ku6
[...] 1(disz) [...] 1(disz)
[x] sila3 x gal-gal
[...] szum2-sikil
[...] szum2 gaz
[...] gu2-gal-gal lugal
[x] ma-na im-babbar2
2(barig) mun
8(disz) kab2-kul2
1(u) sila3 i3-szah2
2(asz) sze gur lugal
nig2-iti-da a-hu-a
HI?-sze3 giri3 da-da-a
[iti] min3-esz3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 462. 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 (P131013) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131013..

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