AAICAB 1/2, pl. 084, 1935-395

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248586

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248586.

Transliteration

sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam
sza3-bi-ta
8(disz) gesz-ur3#
ga2-nun szu-zu-gar-ra-ka kux(KWU147)-ra
2(gesz2) 1(u) du5-x [...]
4(gesz2) sa u2 gibil#
[...] x x x [...]
[n] 2(u) ka2? [...]
e2-masz kux(KWU147)-ra
giri3 a-gu
5(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) gu-nigin2 pa ku5 nig2-gal2-la
giri3 ur-sila-luh
a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 5(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz)-kam#
[...] gu#-nigin2#-ba# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 084, 1935-395. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248586) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248586..

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