AAICAB 1/2, pl. 128, 1971-288

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248803

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248803.

Transliteration

2(asz) ur-nigar
2(asz) lugal-mu-ba-zi-ge
2(asz) NE-da
2(asz) ur-zigum-ma
2(asz) szara2-i3-sa6
2(asz) ur-suen
sze-ba za3-mu
nagar-ne
a-sza3 szara2-ta

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 128, 1971-288. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248803) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248803..

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