AAICAB 1/2, pl. 085, 1935-514

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248589

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248589.

Transliteration

7(gesz2) 3(u) sze gur
a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
1(gesz2) 5(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) gur
a-ra2 2(disz@t)-kam
gi-na
5(disz) 2(u) gur
a-bi2-a-ni
5(disz) gur ur-e2-nun-na
4(u) 5(asz) ziz2 gur saga
3(asz) 1(disz) 5(ban2) dabin? gur
1(u) 5(asz) gu2 sze? gur
sze ziz2 gesz-e3-a
a-sza3 lugal-ka
giri3 ARAD2
la-ni-mu szu ba-ti

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 085, 1935-514. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248589) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248589..

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