AAICAB 1/1, pl. 057, 1924-0479

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142804

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142804.

Transliteration

[...] 2(disz) udu
2(disz) kir11
1(disz) sila4
3(disz) masz2
ki ma-an-gi4-ta
lu2-nin-szubur sipa i3-dab5
iti bara2-za3-gar-ra
mu en eridu-ga ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 057, 1924-0479. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142804) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142804..

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