Aleppo 147

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100479

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100479.

Transliteration

3(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sa gi
2(gesz2) 4(disz) kaskal 1(barig) EN
1(disz) gur EN 4(barig)
3(disz) gesz ze2-na
kiszib3 ur-zu u3-um-de6
kiszib3 szesz-a-ni zi-re-dam
mu us2-sa a-ra2 3(disz@t)-kam gi gar
ur-[li9-si4]
ensi2 umma#[]
[szesz-a-ni dub-sar]
[dumu lugal-nig2-lagar-e]
ARAD2#-[zu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 147. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: National Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria (P100479) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100479..

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