AAICAB 1/3, pl. 204, Bod B 13 (120)

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P249032

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249032.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 3(u) [n zu2]-lum 1(ban2) 5(disz) [sila3 ...]
ki szandana-ke4-ne-ta
ma2 u4 zal-la
e2-gal-la ba-an-kux(KWU147)
giri3 ur-bad3-[dur2-ra]
sza3 AB#-[...]
iti ezem-[...]
mu amar#-[suen] lugal-e [ur-bi2]-lum[ mu-hul]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 204, Bod B 13 (120). 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 (P249032) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249032..

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