AAICAB 1/2, pl. 094, 1935-545

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248620

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248620.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 3(u) sze gur lugal-sze3 zi3-da
4(u) 5(asz) sze gur sze i3-szah2
gu4-apin-bi 3(u)-am3
mu si-mu-ru-um a-ra2# 3(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
kiszib3 ur-nin-su
ur-nin-[su]
sa12-du5 [...]
dumu lugal-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 094, 1935-545. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248620) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248620..

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