AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 423

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330491

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330491.

Transliteration

1(disz) udu niga u4-sakar u4 1(u) 5(disz)
1(disz) udu u2 gigir u4 6(disz)
1(disz) udu niga gigar u4 7(disz)
1(disz) udu niga u4-sakar u4 1(u) 5(disz)
sa2-du11 gu-la
3(disz) udu u2
bad3? gir13-gesz
1(disz) masz2 en-lil2
1(disz) udu balag u4 sa4-a
szunigin 3(disz) udu niga
szunigin 5(disz) udu u2 szunigin 1(disz) masz2
ki a-lu5-lu5-ta
iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la
mu ma2 en-ki ba-ab-du8

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 423. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330491) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330491..

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