AAICAB 1/1, pl. 078, 1924-1706

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142856

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142856.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 nig2-ki-zah3 na-na-a
sza3 e2-gal-sze3
i-pi5-iq-er3-ra maszkim
sza3 uri5-ma
1(disz) masz2 ka2? x x
giri3 nin-ga2
1(disz) sila3 nig2-ki-zah3 ka2 kuruszda-sze3
i-pi5-iq-er3-ra maszkim
sza3 unu-ga
zi-ga ensi2
iti ezem-an-na

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 078, 1924-1706. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142856) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142856..

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