AAICAB 1/1, pl. 021, 1911-169

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142682

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142682.

Transliteration

[...] sze#-ba lugal-e-mah-e giri17-dab5
1(disz) ur-dub2?
4(ban2) szu-dumu-zi
5(asz) 2(barig) sze gur sza3-gal udu
kiszib3 lugal-a2-zi-da
1(asz) gur sza3-gal kunga2
kiszib3 ur-|ZI&ZI|-sze3
1(asz) sze szuku-ra gur szesz-a-ni dumu szesz-kal-la
2(barig) sza3-gal ansze zi-gum2? kiszib3 igi-szara2-sze3
iti# sze-sag11-ku5
mu# us2-sa ma2 en-[ki ba]-ab-du8

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 021, 1911-169. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142682) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142682..

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