AAICAB 1/1, pl. 060, 1924-0582

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142815

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142815.

Transliteration

[...]-sza-lim x
[...] szu-esz18-dar
1(ban2) da#?-ba-ti
5(disz) geme2-esz18-dar
1(ban2) si-ra-bi2-at
1(ban2) a-ga-tum
1(ban2) en-num?-esz18-dar
1(ban2) mun-sza-ra-bi2
5(disz) um#-mi#-tu-ri
a-bi2#?-tu-kul2-ti
4(ban2) x-x-tum#
[...]-x
[...]-tum
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 060, 1924-0582. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142815) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142815..

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