AAICAB 1/2, pl. 134, 1971-325

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248839

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248839.

Transliteration

5(u) 7(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
9(gesz2) 5(u) 9(disz) a2 1/2(disz) u4 1(disz)-sze3
e2-masz-a gub-ba
gesz gi e3-da
u3 sahar zi-ga
kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam lugal-nig2-lagar-e
iti dumu-zi#
mu sza-asz-szu2-ru-um ba-hul
lugal-si-NE-[...]
dub-sar
dumu lugal-sa6-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 134, 1971-325. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248839) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248839..

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