AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 326

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330396

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330396.

Transliteration

4(u) gurusz ugula da-da
4(u) 4(disz) ugula ur-szara2
4(u) 4(disz) ugula lu2-dingir-ra
3(u) 3(disz) ugula lu2-kal-la
3(u) 3(disz) ugula a-da-lal3
2(u) ugula ze2-na
gurum2-ak u4 1(disz)-sze3
kab2-ku5 szinig sahar si-ga
giri3 lugal-e2-mah-e
iti diri
mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-da-gan ba-du3 mu us2-sa-bi
lugal-e2-mah-e
dub-sar
dumu lugal-ku3-ga-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 326. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330396) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330396..

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