USC 6530

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235345

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235345.

Transliteration

1(barig) 3(ban2) gazi#? lugal
2(disz)# sag-gul?
1(disz) haszhur 3(disz) kusz3-ta?
x-x-ti#-sze3
ki# pa3-da#-ta
kiszib3 lu2#-kal-la#
u3# de6#-a
kiszib3# ba-ba6#-da#?
zi-<re>-dam
iti li9-si4
mu sza:asz-ru ba-hul
ba-ba6#-da#?
dub-sar
dumu x-x-x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6530. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Archaeological Research Collection, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA (P235345) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235345..

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