AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 591

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330648

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330648.

Transliteration

1(disz) ur-ki-gu-la
1(disz) ma-an-gu-ul
1(disz) geme2 lu2-gi-na
1(disz) geme2 ba-zi
1(disz) dumu nimgir-x-[x]-na
1(disz) geme2#? [...]
1(disz) nin# lu2#-[nin]-sun2
1(disz) KU-[...]
1(disz) [...]
[...]
[n] ur-sa6-ga [... ]nin-gesz-zi-da
[n] geme2 ARAD2 al-la
szunigin 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz a-IL2
ur#-ki-gu-la i3-dab5

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 591. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330648) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330648..

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