AAICAB 1/2, pl. 125, 1971-266

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248781

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248781.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 2(u) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur lugal
inim-ma-ni
1(gesz2) 1(asz) 4(barig) gur ba-ba-a
2(gesz2) 9(asz) 2(barig) gur gi-na
5(u) 3(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur
ur-nun-gal
1(gesz2) gur a-kal-la
szunigin 6(gesz2) 2(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) gur
ki-su7-ra du6-szara2-ta
e2-sze-kab2-du11-ga-ka si-ga
giri3 ad-da u3 lugal-e-ba-an-sa6
iti dal
mu ur-bi2-lum ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 125, 1971-266. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248781) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248781..

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