AAICAB 1/2, pl. 126, 1971-276

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248791

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248791.

Transliteration

9(asz) sze gur lugal
guru7-gu-la-ta
1(u) 4(asz) gur sza3 sze bar-ta gal2-la erin2-e szu ba-ra-ti-a KU ib2-ur4-e-ta
1(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) sze bar-ta gal2-la 2(disz)-kam-ta
szunigin 3(u) 9(asz) 2(barig) sze gur
ku sze guru7 e2#-mah-ka
e2-gal ba-ni-si
giri3 a-da-ga u3 lugal-nig2-lagar-e
iti pa4-u2-e
mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 126, 1971-276. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y2 — Urbilum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248791) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248791..

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