AAICAB 1/3, pl. 220, Bod S 168

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P127267

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127267.

Transliteration

2(disz) ad3 udu
a gub-ba
1(disz) ad3 ka2 [gu]-la
1(disz) ad3 ku3-an#
1(disz) szul-gi
1(disz) amar-suen
1(disz) szu-suen
szu-suen
1(disz) nig2-sza3-te a-bi2-x
1(disz) gu-la! x-x
1(disz) KA-NE-a 1(disz) sag munus# dingir
1(disz) pa4#-u2-e
mu-kux(DU) sza3 [e2-masz-sze3]
iti pa4-u2-[e]
mu en [...] masz2-[e i3-pa3]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 220, Bod S 168. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P127267) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127267..

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