AAICAB 1/2, pl. 143, 1971-361

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248874

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248874.

Transliteration

2(asz) 1(barig) sze gur lugal
ki la-ni-mu-ta
1(asz) gur e2-kikken-ta
ARAD2 dumu du11-ga
szu ba-ti
3(barig) ziz2 gu2-de3-na-ta
3(asz) gur gu2 i7-da-ta
ki szara2-mu-tum2-ta
4(ban2) sze-ba iti-da
mu dumu lugal
1(barig) sze-ba iti-da
mu kar2-har a-ra2 2(disz@t)-kam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 143, 1971-361. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248874) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248874..

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