AAICAB 1/2, pl. 101, 1937-045

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248656

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248656.

Transliteration

3(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) kasz saga gur
2(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) kasz du gur
na-ap-ta2-num2
1(ban2) kasz du mar-tu sza3 e2
2(ban2) kasz saga mar-tu igi lugal-sze3 de6-a
1(barig) 2(ban2) kasz du kas4 lu2 ki-sag-tum-ma
lugal-inim-gi-na sukkal maszkim
5(disz) sila3 lu2 kin-gi4-a ur-suen
szu-esz18-dar sukkal maszkim
4(ban2) kasz du lu2 e2-gal-la-da kid-ru-um kux(KWU147)-ra
la-gi-ib sukkal maszkim
3(disz) sila3 lu2 zi-gu5-um-ma
ur-nin-gubalag sukkal maszkim
zi-ga bala-a u4 3(u) la2 1(disz@t)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 101, 1937-045. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248656) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248656..

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