AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 501

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330568

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330568.

Transliteration

1(disz) dug dida 5(disz) sila3
1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) [n ...]
3(disz) ku6 [...]
lu2-[...]
1(ban2) kasz# [...]
sza3-gal# [...] bala-a
giri3 lu2-ba-ba6 sukkal
szunigin 1(disz) dug dida du x?
szunigin 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 kasz du [...]
szunigin 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [...] x [...]
szunigin 2(disz) gin2 naga
szunigin 3(disz) ku6 szunigin 3(disz) sa szum2
u4 2(u)-kam
iti e2-iti-6(disz)#
mu ma2 en-ki ba-ab-du8

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 501. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330568) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330568..

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