AAICAB 1/2, pl. 085, 1935-515

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248590

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248590.

Transliteration

4(barig) sze lugal
lu2-banda3
2(barig) 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 sze
al-la
1(barig) ur-sipa-da
4(barig) ur-nin-tu
1(barig) inim-szara2 guruszda
1(barig) ur-bar-x x
1(barig) da-da-ga
1(ban2) ur-ma-mi
4(ban2) i-zu-a-ri2-ik

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 085, 1935-515. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248590) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248590..

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