AAICAB 1/2, pl. 133, 1971-320

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248834

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248834.

Transliteration

3(u) 7(asz) 1(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze gur#
sa2-du11 szu-a-gi-na
1(asz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur sze bappir gazx(KUM)#?
1(asz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sa2-du11 szul-gi
1(asz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
sa2-du11 asznan
2(asz) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
sa2#-du11 du-u2-ka
dub# asz-a [...] ki ARAD2-ta#
kiszib3 a-lu5-lu5
mu ku3 gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 133, 1971-320. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248834) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248834..

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