USC 6766

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235576

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235576.

Transliteration

6(disz) gurusz u4 4(disz)#-sze3#
tum-malx(TUR3)-ta#
kar-sze3 ma2# su3 diri
u3# ma2-la2-a# kesz2-ra2
ugula lugal-nesag-e
kiszib3# szesz-kal-la
iti# e2-iti-6(disz)
mu hu-hu-nu-ri ba-hul
szesz-kal-la
dub-sar
dumu tir#-gu#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6766. 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 (P235576) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235576..

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