USC 6807

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235618

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235618.

Transliteration

2(u) dug? 1(barig)-ta
1(gesz'u) 1(u) 2(disz) dug gal
2(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 5(disz) dug? szid
1(gesz2) 3(u)# dug ninda# 5(disz) sila3#-[ta]
3(u)# dug [...]
[...] x [...]
[...]
mu nanna kar-zi-da a#-ra2# 2(disz@t)#-kam#-[asz] e2#-a ba#-kux(KWU147)#
du-du
dub-sar dug#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6807. 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 (P235618) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235618..

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