AAICAB 1/2, pl. 094, 1935-544

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248619

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248619.

Transliteration

1(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur-zabar-ta
7(asz) 1(barig) sze gur gi-na-ta
ki ur-li9-si4-ta
ugu2 lugal-ku3-ga-ni ba-ga2-ar
ur-li9-si4-ra zi-zi-dam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 094, 1935-544. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248619) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248619..

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