USC 6827

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235638

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235638.

Transliteration

1(gesz2)#? 5(disz)# gurusz# x-[...]
1(u) la2 1(disz) gurusz ad#-[kup4]
1(u) 1(disz) gurusz igi-[x]
1(u)# 2(disz) aga3-us2 PA [...] szu-suen#
kab2#-ku5 gu-la GAN2#?-[mah?]
[n] gurusz# ma2#-lah5#
[n] gurusz# ad-kup4#
[n] 3(disz)# gurusz lu2#-[...] x x
[...] giri3#-ni#?-i3#?-[...]
u4 2(disz)-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6827. 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 (P235638) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235638..

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