USC 6756

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235566

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235566.

Transliteration

2(u) la2 1(disz@t) gurusz 1(disz) ugula
ugula ni-bu3-ul
2(u) gurusz ugula lu2-zabala3
n gurusz ugula ma2-gur8-re
[n] gurusz ugula ur-gigir
[e2] szitim# gub-ba
n(disz) sar# [ugula ma2-gur8]-re#
5(disz) sar# ugula# [ugula lu2-zabala3]
6(disz) sar ugula i3#-bu3#-ul#
sig4 szid-da
giri3 a-gu
gurum2 ak ga2-nun szu-zu ga2-ra du3-a
mu ku3 gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6756. 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 (P235566) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235566..

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