Aleppo 487

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100819

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100819.

Transliteration

1(u) 1(disz) tug2 sag usz-bar
tug2 sa-gi4-a
ki ur-ama-na-ta
ur-iszkur
szu ba-ti
mu nanna kar-zi-da a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
e2-a-na kux(KWU147)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 487. 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 (P100819) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100819..

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