AAICAB 1/1, pl. 080, 1932-418

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142866

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142866.

Transliteration

[...] 4(disz) [...]
x tug2 dul3
[...] x AN x lu2#? mes
x uz#?-tur szesz#?
x [...] ti#?
igi [...]-la-lum#
igi a-bu-um-dingir dumu ku-bu-num
igi ku-da-du dam i3-li2-x
igi sipa#?-da-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 080, 1932-418. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142866) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142866..

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