AAICAB 1/1, pl. 061, 1924-0652

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142819

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142819.

Transliteration

1(u) eme
2(u) 4(disz) ka GAN2-ur3-ra
ur-szul-pa-e3
3(u) 4(disz) eme
3(u) 6(disz) ka GAN2-ur3-ra
ur-en-lil2-la2
1(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz) eme
1(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) ka GAN2-ur3-ra
ur-gigir nagar
ka2-mah en-lil2-la2
kiri6 an-dul3
2(u) la2 2(disz) eme
3(u) ka GAN2-ur3-ra
lugal-ku3-zu
kiri6 a-ba-ki-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 061, 1924-0652. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142819) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142819..

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