CUSAS 39, 201

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P253697

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P253697.

Transliteration

1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
masz2 1(disz) gin2 igi 4(disz)-gal2
ki# hu#-ni-i#-a#
lu2-ba-ba6#?
szu ba-an-ti
iti# gu4-si-su
he2#?-la2-e
igi e2-a-KU-x
igi puzur4-utu dub-sar
iti ab-ba-e3-a
mu en nanna!(UD) masz2-e i3-pa3
lu2-ba-ba6#?
dumu a-hu-ma

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 39, 201. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway (P253697) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P253697..

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