AAICAB 1/2, pl. 167, 1975-296

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248930

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248930.

Transliteration

4(disz) gurusz 4(barig)
ugula lugal-e2-mah-e#
1(u) la2 1(disz@t) gurusz
ugula lu2-gi-na
1(disz) gurusz lu2 hun-ga2
durux(U3) ak u4 1(disz)-sze3
a-sza3# ma-nu al ak
iti szu-numun
mu# us2-sa ur-bi2-lum# ba-hul!

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 167, 1975-296. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248930) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248930..

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