AAICAB 1/3, pl. 231, Bod S 217

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P249125

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249125.

Transliteration

4(ban2) sze-ba ur#-[]gilgamesx(|BIL3.GA.MES|)
4(ban2) lu2-szara2
4(ban2) e2-mah-ki-bi
4(ban2) ur-iszkur!
4(ban2) lugal-nig2-lagar-e
4(ban2) lu2-he2-gal2
2(ban2) 5(disz) lu2-nin-ur4-ra
4(ban2) ug3-IL2
2(ban2) ur-e11-e
szunigin 1(asz) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze-ba gur
iti e2-iti-6(disz)
gaszam-me
mu en-am-gal-an-na ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 231, Bod S 217. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P249125) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249125..

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