AAICAB 1/2, pl. 142, 1971-357

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248870

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248870.

Transliteration

1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 tug2#-gur10
1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2-ta gesz a-ra2 3(disz@t) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta
1(bur3) GAN2 gesz a-ra2 3(disz@t) 4(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2-ta
8(bur3) 1(esze3) 3(iku) gesz a-ra2 2(disz@t) 5(iku) GAN2-ta
a-sza3 gi-kin-ak
a#-sza3 ka-ma-ri2
ugula lugal-e2-mah#-e#
kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam#
ur-am3-ma
mu hu-hu-nu-ri ba-hul
ur-am3-ma
dub-sar
dumu na-[silim]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 142, 1971-357. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248870) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248870..

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