AAICAB 1/2, pl. 088, 1935-524

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248599

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248599.

Transliteration

2(disz) tug2 gu2-na
ur-nin-zu
1(disz) ab-ba-gi-na
1(disz) lugal-ku3-zu
1(disz) im-a-ni
1(disz) a-bi2-a
1(disz) giri3-ni-i3-sa6
szunigin 7(disz) tug2 gu2-na
ki i3-kal-la-ta
kiszib3 lugal-ku3-zu dumu# i3-li2-mu
iti e2-iti-6(disz)
mu ma2-gur8 mah ba-dim2
lugal-ku3-zu
dumu i3-li2-mu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 088, 1935-524. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248599) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248599..

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