AAICAB 1/2, pl. 104, 1937-063

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248674

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248674.

Transliteration

5(disz) gu4 2(disz) gurusz
lu2-x-gal2
5(disz) gu4 2(disz) gurusz# [...] ir#
5(disz) gu4 2(disz) gurusz na-ba-sa2
5(disz) gu4 1(disz) gurusz ur-nun-gal
2(disz) gurusz e2 eb-gal
5(disz) gurusz 3(u) ud5
e2 nig2-ba-e
4(disz) gurusz szara2 ba-an#-szum2#?
ki-su7#? gu-la

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 104, 1937-063. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248674) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248674..

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