AAICAB 1/2, pl. 125, 1971-267

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248782

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248782.

Transliteration

1(asz) 3(barig) sze gur lugal
lugal-ur2-ra-ni
1(asz) 3(barig) ur-iszkur
1(asz) 3(barig) a-wa-na-ah
2(asz) ur-gigir
1(asz) 3(barig) lugal-ezem
2(asz) lugal-iti-da
2(ban2) e2-a-sar
1(asz) 4(barig) i-li2-isz-tuh-hu-um
2(asz) ur-suen
1(asz) 3(barig) ur# nigar
1(asz) 3(barig) lugal#-ezem
sze-ba za3-mu azlag2-ne
iti dal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 125, 1971-267. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248782) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248782..

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