AAICAB 1/2, pl. 096, 1935-556

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248631

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248631.

Transliteration

|DISZx2U@t| sze 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz)
e2 sag#-kal-la
|DISZx2U@t| |DISZx1U@t| sze i7-za-a
x-x sze gi-za-a
|DISZx2U@t| a2-zi-da
|DISZx1U@t| szesz-kal-la
1(barig) |DISZx2U@t| a-ra2 1(disz@t)-<kam>
1(barig) a-ra2 2(disz@t)-kam
|DISZx2U@t| a-ra2 3(disz@t)-kam
sze zi-ga
ha-lu5-lu5
a iti 6(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 096, 1935-556. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248631) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248631..

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