AAICAB 1/3, pl. 182, Bod A 14

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248973

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248973.

Transliteration

3(asz) sze gur x x [...]
sza3 3(asz) [...] x x-ta#
ki ur#-[...] x x [...]-ta#
mu ur-nin-gesz#-zi-da
dumu lugal-sa6#-ga#-sze3
kiszib3 ur-szusz3-ba-ba6 dumu na-ib2-[...]
sze wi-li-HA-x
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu na-ru2-a-mah en-lil2-la2 ba-du3
ur-szusz3-ba-ba6
dub-sar
dumu na-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 182, Bod A 14. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248973) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248973..

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