AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 337

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330407

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330407.

Transliteration

1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 3(disz)-kam us2
1(u) 4(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 4(disz)-kam us2
2(u) 5(disz) tug2 guz-za du
szunigin 4(u) tug2 hi-a
tug2 sa-gi4-a
mu-kux(DU) e2-gal-la ba-an-kux(KWU147)
ki a-a-ni-szu-ta
giri3 ud5-nin9-nu-usz?
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu us2-sa en nanna masz2-e i3-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 337. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330407) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330407..

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