AAICAB 1/1, pl. 076, 1924-0697

~2039 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142847

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142847.

Transliteration

1(disz) szesz-a-ni
iti szu-numun-ta
sza3-gu4-sze3
ki bi2-du11-ga-ta
kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam
ur-gigir szabra
mu sza-asz-ru-um ba-hul
ur-gigir
dub-sar
dumu [bar]-ra-an

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 076, 1924-0697. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142847) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142847..

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