AAICAB 1/2, pl. 100, 1937-043

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248654

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248654.

Transliteration

5(disz)? sar 1/3(disz) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 sig4
ARAD2-mu
7(disz) sar 1(u) 5(disz) gin2
pesz3 nig2-ni
1(disz) 1/2(disz) sar 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 sig4
ab-ba
3(disz) 5/6(disz) sar
ur-an-ne2
x-x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 100, 1937-043. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248654) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248654..

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