USC 6535

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235348

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235348.

Transliteration

5(disz) udu niga [...]
s,e-lu-usz-[da-gan]
2(disz) sila4 ensi2 szuruppak#
2(disz) sila4 en inanna
1(u) ab2 2(disz) udu# niga 1(u) 2(disz)? sila4
szesz-kal#-la
1(disz) sila4 ur-tilla3
3(disz) sila4 ur-nigar dumu wa-ad-da <i3?>-du8
mu-kux(DU) iti ezem-mah
mu ur-bi2-lum lu-lu-bu si-mu-ru-um u3 kar2-har[ asz-sze3] sag-bi [bur2-a bi2-ib2-ra?]
u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6535. 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 (P235348) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235348..

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