AAICAB 1/3, pl. 233, Bod S 231

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P249139

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249139.

Transliteration

2(barig) sze ur-ra
1(barig) sze zi3-da ur-ma-mi
ki ARAD2-ta
kiszib3 ur-ma-mi
iti dumu-zi
mu lu-lu-bu-um#[] si-mu-ru-um a-ra2#? [1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam-asz] ba-hul
ur-ma-mi
[dub-sar]
[dumu ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 233, Bod S 231. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P249139) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249139..

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