AAICAB 1/3, pl. 221, Bod S 172

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P249074

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249074.

Transliteration

1/2(disz) lu2-kal-la
1/2(disz) lugal-e2-mah-e
1/2(disz) ur-[...]
[...] x x
[...] x x
[...]-ig
[...]-su
[...] x x
[...]
1(u) 5(disz) lu2-szara2
1/2(disz) a-bi2-a
1/2(disz) giri3-ni-i3-sa6
1(disz) lu2-zabala4
1/2(disz) ab-ba-gi-na
() 6(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 221, Bod S 172. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P249074) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249074..

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