USC 6673

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235484

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235484.

Transliteration

3(u) x [...] x x
2(disz) [...] x
ki [...]
1(u) 3(disz) [...]
1(u) gi#-[...]
1(u) 5(disz) x-[...]
2(disz) ma-an-sim zi3?
e2-bappir kasz? diri-sze3
ki a-gu-ta#
kiszib3 ur#-szul-pa-e3#
mu sza-asz-szu2-ru-um ba-hul
ur-szul-pa-e3
dub-sar
dumu lugal-ku3-ga-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6673. 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 (P235484) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235484..

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