AAICAB 1/2, pl. 134, 1971-326

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248840

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248840.

Transliteration

[...]
[...]
7(disz) [...]
ki-la2-bi# [...] 6(disz) 1/3(disz) x [...]
6(disz) [...]
1(u) 5(disz) tug2 [...]
x x [...]
[...] x x [...]
[ki-la2]-bi# 1(asz) gu2 3(u) 5(disz)# [x ma]-na 4(disz) gin2 [x-x]
[tug2 ki]-la2 tag-ga
[ki] szesz-saga-ta
ur#-e11-e-ke4 in-la2
lu2#-kal-la szu ba-ti
[iti] e2#-iti-6(disz)
mu ha-ar-[szi] ki-masz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 134, 1971-326. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248840) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248840..

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