AAICAB 1/1, pl. 022, 1911-175

~2034 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142688

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142688.

Transliteration

lugal-gigir-re
iti sig4-i3-szub-ga2-ra-ta
1(u) 3(disz) u4-am3
ba-ra-zal
umma-a mu-kux(DU)
unu-sze3 ma2-da?-sze3 ib2-szi-u3
ugula lu2-nin-ur4-ra
mu us2-sa ki-masz u3 hu-ur5-ti
[...]
dub-sar
dumu lugal-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 022, 1911-175. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142688) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142688..

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