AAICAB 1/2, pl. 136, 1971-334

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248848

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248848.

Transliteration

7(gesz2) 5(u) 8(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
sze gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a zar3 tab-ba
a-sza3 ka-ma-ri2
a-sza3 la2-mah a-sza3 la2-tur
a-sza3 a-gesztin-na
a-sza3 nin-ur4-ra u3
a-sza3 gi-apin-ku5-ra2
2(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
kab2-ku5 i7-sal4-la-ta
sahar szu-ti-a u3 gu2-ba szu-ur3-ra
ugula lugal-e2-mah-e
mu u2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
szesz-a-ni
dub-sar
dumu da-da

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 136, 1971-334. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248848) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248848..

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