AAICAB 1/1, pl. 058, 1924-0531

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142808

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142808.

Transliteration

1(u) 9(asz) gu2 3(u) 4(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-[na] siki-kur u3 [x]
giri3 uszumgal-[(x)]
1(u) 2(asz) gu2 4(u) 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) gin2 siki-kur u3 x
giri3 ha-bi2-la-x
5(asz) gu2 5(u) 4(disz) ma-na# [...]
giri3 ra-bi2-[...]
3(asz) gu2 3(u) 4(disz) ma-na# [...]
giri3 si-zi#?-[x]
1(asz) gu2 2(u) 6(disz) ma-[na ...]
giri3 a-x-[...]
szunigin 4(u) 3(asz) gu2 9(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-[na] siki-kur u3 x x [...]
na4 x x [...] x [...]
[mu us2-sa ...] ba-du3 mu [us2-sa-bi]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 058, 1924-0531. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142808) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142808..

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