AAICAB 1/1, pl. 054, 1923-419

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142789

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142789.

Transliteration

4(disz) udu u2
1(disz) [x]
x AB x x
1(disz) sila4 gu3-de2-a ensi2
1(disz) asz2-gar3 2(disz) ansze x x
nir-i3-da-gal2
1(disz) sila4 i-ti
u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
mu-kux(DU) lugal
in-ta-e3-a
i3-dab5
giri3 nu-ur2#-[]suen# dub-sar
iti [...] x
mu us2-sa# [...] lugal uri5-[ma-ke4] si-ma-num2 mu-hul#
[...] 4(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 054, 1923-419. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142789) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142789..

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