AAICAB 1/3, pl. 236, Bod S 250

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P249157

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249157.

Transliteration

2(barig) 4(ban2) sze szuku-ra
lugal-ezem
2(barig) lugal-iti-da
2(barig) lu2-kal-la
sze szuku-ra mu sze ur5-ra-ka-[sze3?]
guru7#-a tak4-a
ki lu2-szul-gi-ra-ta
kiszib3 ab-ba-gi-na
iti pa4-u2-e
[mu] en ga-esz[] ba-hun
lu2-[...]
dub-sar
dumu [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 236, Bod S 250. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P249157) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249157..

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