AAICAB 1/2, pl. 132, 1971-314

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248828

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248828.

Transliteration

6(disz) sila3 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 i3-nun du10-ga
1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz du10-ga#
3(disz) sila3 i3-nun
3(disz) sila3 i3-gesz#
1(barig) 1(disz) sila3 sze-gesz-i3 x [...]
i3-gesz-bi 1(ban2) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 3(disz) gin2
5(ban2) ga-UD@g
1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 naga si-e3
1(u) 2(disz) ma-na siki ud5
1(asz) gu2 3(u) ma-na bappir#
1(disz) ma2 1(u) 5(disz) [gur]
mu-kux(DU) szara2# ki?# [...] x gi-[...]
ur-e11-e szu ba-[ti]
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. 132, 1971-314. 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 (P248828) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248828..

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