USC 6567

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235379

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235379.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4# utu
mu-kux(DU) ur#-isztaran#
1(disz) sila4 nanna#
1(disz)# sila4 inanna#
mu#-kux(DU) zabar-dab5
1(disz)# sila4# en#-lil2#
[n] x nin#?-lil2#
mu#-kux(DU) ur-en#-lil2#-la2
nansze#-GIR2@g-gal maszkim#
x [...]
szu#-gid2# e2-muhaldim#-[sze3]
zi#-ga# u4# 2(u) 8(disz)-kam#
iti# ezem#-mah
mu si-mu-ru-um u3 lu-lu-bu a-ra2# 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam-asz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6567. 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 (P235379) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235379..

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