AAICAB 1/2, pl. 114, 1937-635

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248714

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248714.

Transliteration

[... siki] tug2# szar3#
2(u) 8(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2 siki tug2 szar3
3(u) ma-na 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 siki tug2 us2 szar3
3(asz) gu2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) ma-na siki tug2 3(disz)-kam us2
6(asz)# gu2 2(u) 4(disz) ma-na siki tug2 4(disz)-kam us2
1(u)# gu2 3(u) ma-na siki tug2 5(disz)-kam us2
szunigin [x] gu2 4(disz) ma-na [siki] tug2# [hi]-a
siki [x ]szul-gi#-zi#-im-ti#
ku-da-szum ugula usz-bar
szu ba-an-ti
[...] x x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 114, 1937-635. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248714) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248714..

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