AAICAB 1/3, pl. 242, Bod S 278

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P249183

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249183.

Transliteration

1(asz) 1(barig) sze gur
kiszib3 lu2-giri17-zal dumu da-du-mu
1(asz) gur kiszib3 a-du-mu szu-ku6
4(barig) kiszib3 lu2-ma2-gur8-re dumu lu2-su-sin2-na
1(barig) kiszib3 me-we-eb
4(barig) kiszib3 da-da
2(u) gur kiszib3 lu2-szara2 dumu al-la
5(asz) gur kiszib3 ur-nigar dumu zu-zu
szunigin 2(u) 9(asz) sze gur
sze ur5-ra sila-a gal2-la#
ki ad-da-ta#
sza3 a-pi4-sal4
mu ma2-gur8-mah ba-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 242, Bod S 278. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P249183) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249183..

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