AAICAB 1/3, pl. 230, Bod S 212

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P249120

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249120.

Transliteration

1(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
e2-al-la-ta
2(asz) gur ki-su7 da-kin2-na-ta
2(barig) lugal-e2-mah-e
2(barig) ur-am3-ma
1(barig) ad-da
1(barig) lu2-en-lil2-la2
1(barig) [...]
[...] ARAD2# gu-la#
5(ban2) ur-ma-mi
1(barig) giri3-ni-i3-sa6
1(barig) [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 230, Bod S 212. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P249120) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249120..

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