Syracuse 465

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P131016

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131016.

Transliteration

1(bur'u) 4(bur3) 2(esze3) 1/2(iku) GAN2
gesz-gi NE gu7-a
en-du8-du
1(disz) sar ba-ze2
8(disz) sa i3-gal2-am3
gu-nigin2-bi 2/3(disz)-am3
gi-bi 5(szar'u) 8(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 5(u) sa
gu-nigin2-bi 4(szar2) 5(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 5(u)-am3
giri3 da-da agar4-nigin2
iti nesag
mu en eridu ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 465. 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 (P131016) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131016..

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