AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 469

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330537

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330537.

Transliteration

2(disz) ma2 1(gesz2) gur 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3-ta
u4 2(u) 2(disz)-sze3 sze-bi 2(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3
ma2 la2-a asal2
giri3 aga3-la2
2(disz) ma2 5(u) gur 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3-ta
u4 2(u) 2(disz)-sze3 sze-bi 2(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3
giri3 lugal-ma2-gur8-re ugula
tir 2(disz) ta ma-nu ba-a-gar
2(disz) ma2 1(gesz2) gur 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3-ta
ma2-lah6-bi i3-ib2-u3
u4 5(u) 5(disz)-sze3 sze-bi [5(asz) 3(barig)] 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3
nibru-sze3 x x [...] gi ba-a-[gar]
a-ra2 2(disz@t)#-kam#
giri3 gu2-TAR
mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 469. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330537) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330537..

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