AAICAB 1/2, pl. 168, 1975-301

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248935

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248935.

Transliteration

3(barig) sze lugal
e2-kikken-ta
a2 nin-ga2-ta
a-ru-a e11-e
sze-ba za3-mu
1(barig) e2-kad5-e
sze-ba iti-da
a-ru-a nin-ur4-ra
iti dumu-zi
mu dumu lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 168, 1975-301. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248935) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248935..

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