AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 362

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330431

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330431.

Transliteration

[5(disz)? sila3] kasz# saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda
[2(disz) gin2] i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
[1(disz)] ku6 1(disz) sa szum2
[ur]-utu sukkal gaba-ta
3(ban2)# 5(disz) sila3 kasz 4(ban2) ninda
sza3-gal kas4 gaba-ta bala-a
giri3# [...] sukkal
szunigin 4(disz)# [sila3] kasz# saga
szunigin 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz du
szunigin 4(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 ninda
szunigin 2(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 2(disz) gin2 naga
szunigin 1(disz) ku6 1(disz) sa szum2
u4 2(u) 4(disz)-kam
iti pa4-u2-e
[mu] ma2 en-ki ba-[ab-du8]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 362. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330431) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330431..

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