AAICAB 1/2, pl. 101, 1937-049

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248660

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248660.

Transliteration

3(barig) sze-ba za3-mu lugal
e2 ha-lu-ub2
3(barig) a-kal-la
bahar3-me
3(barig) al-lu
3(barig) lu2-nin-szubur
kikken2 sa2-du11-me
2(barig) du11-ga-ni tir
2(barig) igi-szara2-sze3
2(barig) lugal-ur
giri17-dab5-me
sze-ba za3-mu didli
iti li9-si4
mu ki-masz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 101, 1937-049. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248660) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248660..

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