AAICAB 1/1, pl. 076, 1924-0698

~2031 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142848

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142848.

Transliteration

5(disz) gurusz sza3-gu4#
4(ban2) sze gibil-ta 2(ban2) [x]-ta
ugula szesz-kal-la
ki szara2-ba-zi-ge-ta
kiszib3 lu2-szul-gi-ra
[iti] e2-iti-6(disz)
mu en eridu ba-hun#
lu2-e2-mah
dub-sar
dumu ur-li9-si4
ensi2 umma-ka

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 076, 1924-0698. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142848) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142848..

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