Aleppo 467

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100799

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100799.

Transliteration

1(barig) 2(ban2) 8(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 i3-nun
2(barig) 3(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 [ga]-UD@g
7(asz) gu2 5(u) [... ma]-na siki-ud5
2(u) 8(asz) gu2 5(u) 7(disz) ma-na 1(u) gin2 siki-gi
[n] gu2 3(u) 7(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-[na n] gin2 siki kur-ra
[ki] kas4#-ta
[lugal]-ezem szu ba-ti
mu en nanna masz-e i3-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 467. 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 (P100799) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100799..

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