AAICAB 1/3, pl. 182, Bod A 18

~2035 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142533

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142533.

Transliteration

2(asz) sze gur masz2 gur 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta
ki szar3-isz11-ta
lu2-bala-sa6#-ga dumu i3-du8 dumu-zi#
szu ba-ti
iti szu-numun-a ag2#-e-de3
mu lugal-bi in-pa3
1(disz) ma-an-szum2
1(disz) lugal-ezem
1(disz) u4-sa6-ga
1(disz) ur-szul-pa-e3
lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
iti NE-NE-gar
mu e2 szara2 ba-du3
lu2-bala-sa6-ga
dumu ur-dun#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 182, Bod A 18. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Bod A 018 (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK) — from Nippur (mod. Nuffar) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P142533). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142533..

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