AAICAB 1/3, pl. 193, Bod A 42

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248998

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248998.

Transliteration

1(disz) dug gir16 pesz3#
um-ma-LUM
giri3 ur-li sukkal
5(disz) dug gir16
iri-sa12-rig7
1(disz) giri3-lam 5(disz) sila3
ensi2 umma
1(disz)# giri3-lam 5(disz) sila3
[x]-nun
iti [...] x x u4 1(disz)-kam
zi-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 193, Bod A 42. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248998) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248998..

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