AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 476

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330544

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330544.

Transliteration

1/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
ki ha-da maszkim e2-ne-ta
giri3 lugal-saga szu-ku6
5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
giri3 he2-du-du dumu i-di3-num2
2/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
giri3 ur-nisaba
1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
giri3 NE-da
mu-kux(DU) ensi2-ka
da-da-ga szu ba-ti
mu si-mu#-ru#-um lu-lu-bu a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 476. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330544) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330544..

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