AAICAB 1/2, pl. 112, 1937-625

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248710

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248710.

Transliteration

3(barig) sze-ba za3-mu
lu2-nin-szubur
3(barig) u2-li
3(barig) a2-ni-ta
3(barig) igi-szara2-sze3
2(barig) ur-ab-ba
giri17-dab5-me
1(asz) gur a-da-kal#-[la] x-x
ki lugal-masz-zu
sze-ba za3-mu didli
ki-su7 uku2-nu-ti-ta
iti ezem-amar-suen
mu hu-hu-nu-ri ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 112, 1937-625. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248710) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248710..

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