AAICAB 1/3, pl. 189, Bod A 32

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248990

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248990.

Transliteration

1(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 5(disz) udu eme-gi
1(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 5(u) 1(disz) ud5 masz2 hi-a
1(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) udu gukkal
lu2-gu-la
1(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 2(u) 4(disz)# udu eme-gi
1(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) ud5 masz2 hi-a
1(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) udu gukkal
a-a-kal-la
3(u) ur-lamma
3(u) ur-sa6-ga
1(gesz2) a-a-kal-la
gab2-us2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 189, Bod A 32. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248990) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248990..

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