AAICAB 1/2, pl. 151, 1971-387

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248899

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248899.

Transliteration

1(asz) gu2 4(u) 8(disz) ma-na siki
sza3-bi-ta
6(disz) tug2
ki-la2-bi 2(u) 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 1(disz) gin2
sza3 anzu2-babbar
kiszib3 nu-ra-a
giri3 lu2-banda3
2(u) la2 1(disz@t) tug2
ki-la2-bi 1(asz) gu2 5/6(disz) ma-na 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
szunigin 2(u) 5(disz) tug2
ki-la2-bi 1(asz) gu2 2(u) 3(disz) ma-na 8(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 bi2-gu7-bi 9(disz) ma-na 1(u) 3(disz) gin2
szunigin 1(asz) gu2 3(u) 2(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 siki
zi-ga-am3
la2-ia3 1(u) 4(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2
nig2-ka9-ak siki ur-en-lil2-la2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 151, 1971-387. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248899) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248899..

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