AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 336

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330406

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330406.

Transliteration

2(ban2) da-a-ga
3(ban2) da-mi2-ma
2(ban2) nin-e-bar-ga2
2(ban2) nin-dub-sar
3(ban2) 1(disz) nin-kal-la
2(ban2) nin-nam-ha-ni
2(ban2) nin-he2-gal2
1(barig) hu-bu
1(ban2) 5(disz) bu3-u2-esz18-dar
2(ban2) nin-ga2-bi2-du11
1(ban2) 5(disz) munus-am3
1(ban2) ur-mes
1(ban2) ur-a-szar2 AD?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 336. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330406) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330406..

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