USC 6625

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235436

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235436.

Transliteration

3(u) gurusz# [u4 n-sze3]
al ak 5(disz) sar-ta#
ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta
giri3 ur-en-lil2-la2
kiszib3 ur-nun-gal
a-sza3 usz-gid2-da
mu us2-sa ur-bi2-i3-lum [ba-hul]
ur-nun-gal
dub-sar
dumu inim-szara2
sa12-du5

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6625. 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 (P235436) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235436..

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