AAICAB 1/1, pl. 024, 1911-186

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142698

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142698.

Transliteration

7(bur3) 1(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 sze
1(bur3) 1(iku) GAN2 tir
1(bur3) 1(esze3) 1/2(iku) GAN2 gesztin
szunigin 9(bur3) [1(esze3) 3(iku)] GAN2#
gaba a-sza3 la2-mah
lamma szul-gi |KI.AN|
2(disz) 3(u@v) 8(disz@v)
3(bur3) 1(esze3) 5(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2
5(u)#? 3(disz)#?
1(disz) 4(u@v) 9(disz@v) 8(disz@v)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 024, 1911-186. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142698) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142698..

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