AAICAB 1/2, pl. 105, 1937-066

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248677

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248677.

Transliteration

2(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
3(gesz2) 4(u) la2 1(disz@t) gurusz ad-kup4 u4 1(disz)-sze3
mar-sa gub-ba
ugula ur-szul-pa-e3
kiszib3 lugal-nir-gal2
mu sza-asz-szu2-[ru-um] ba#-[hul]
lugal-nir-gal2
ma2!-gin2
ARAD2 szara2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 105, 1937-066. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248677) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248677..

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