AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 439

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330507

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330507.

Transliteration

2(disz) im guru7 sahar-u2-u2
1(disz) im ki-su7-ra gu2-de3-na
1(disz) im# nam2-nu-kusz2
2(disz) im sze ar3-ra giri3 lugal-ku3-zu
1(disz) im sze ar3-ra giri3 e2-gal-e-si
1(disz) im sze ar3-ra
giri3 ukken-ne2 u3 lugal-ku3-zu
szunigin 8(disz) im guru7-ta e3-a
sza3 gu2-edin-na u3 musz-bi-an-na

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 439. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330507) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330507..

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