CST 209

~2069 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P107721

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107721.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 niga
1(disz) gukkal
1(disz) u8
1(disz) ud5 szimaszgi2
1(disz) sila4 szimaszgi2
1(disz) sila4? ga
1(disz) sila4 ga ge6
1(disz) sila4 ga sza-bar-ru-mi-um
4(disz) kir11 ga szimaszgi2
ba-usz2 u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta
ur-nigar
szu ba-ti
iti ezem-mah
mu ha-ar-szi ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 209. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y26 — Harši destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P107721) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107721..

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