AAICAB 1/2, pl. 097, 1935-559

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248634

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248634.

Transliteration

2(u) la2 2(disz@t) kid ma2-sza3-ga
lugal-sza3#-he2-gal2 x
2(u) 5(disz) kid u2-ga
1(u) 6(disz) an-na-ni-ba-du7
4(disz) kid a2-ma2-ka
1(u) la2 1(disz@t) gir-sze3
6(disz) lugal-ma2-gur8-re
giri3 giri3-szara2-i3-dab5#
1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 097, 1935-559. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248634) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248634..

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