Aleppo 359

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100691

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100691.

Transliteration

3(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) u8 bar su-ga
[x] udu-nita2 bar-su-ga
4(u) [...] sila4 bar-su-ga
ur-szara2 dumu ab-ba i3-dab5
1(u) 6(disz) masz2-nita2
szara2-i3-sa6 i3-dab5
ki kas4-ta
nam-en-na-sze3 ka ba-ab-kesz2
mu ha-ar-szi ki-masz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 359. 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 (P100691) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100691..

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