AAICAB 1/3, pl. 226, Bod S 193

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P249101

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249101.

Transliteration

2(disz)# udu niga
1(disz) masz2
1(disz) szah2 niga
sza3-dub-ba dam gal5-la2-gal
mu gal5-la2-gal-sze3
kiszib3 ur-nigar
i3-gal2
[2(disz)] udu# niga 1(disz) [masz2]
[1(disz) szah2 niga]
mu# gal5-la2-gal-sze3
kiszib3 ur-[nigar]
ur-nigar
dub-sar
dumu ha-lu5 szusz3#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 226, Bod S 193. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P249101) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249101..

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