AAICAB 1/1, pl. 079, 1932-280

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142863

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142863.

Transliteration

lu2#-[...]
1(disz) e#-[sir2 e2-ba-an]
1(disz) ummu3
nam-ha-ni lu2 kin-gi4-a
3(disz) e-sir2 e2-ba-an
3(disz) ummu3
lu2 kin-gi4-a u2-si-i mar-tu 3(disz) a-bi
puzur4-en-lil2 sukkal maszkim
3(disz) dug udul2 lal3 i3-nun
kisz udu u2-hab2-bi 1/3(disz) ka-tab-be2
nig2-szu-tak4-a lugal sza3 nibru-sze3
giri3 e2-a-illat-isz-bi-er3-ra ra2-gaba
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 079, 1932-280. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142863) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142863..

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