AAICAB 1/1, pl. 075, 1924-0693

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142843

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142843.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) u3-suh5 szu-dim2 ma2 1(gesz2) gur
1(gesz2) 4(u) mi-ri2-za
gu2-ab-ba-ta
giri3 ur-e2-babbar2 dumu ur-sa6-ga di-ku5 gu2-ab-ba?[]
u3 du-du tur
2(gesz2) eme-sig ma2 3(u) gur
tir ki-sur-[ra x]-x
giri3 bad3-|HIxX| dumu lagab-ba-x-gu2
e2-kikken2 ba-an-kux(KWU147)
ma-an-szum2-e in-szid
iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
mu ki-masz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 075, 1924-0693. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142843) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142843..

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