AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 426

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330494

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330494.

Transliteration

1(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur
sze-ba ki# lu2-dingir-ra dumu ARAD2-hu-la
nig2-ka9 ARAD2-da-ka
mu si-mu-ru-um lu-lu-bum2 ba-hul#
igi-kar2-kar2-dam
1(gesz2) gur kiszib3 x x [...] dumu ARAD2# [...]
lu2-giri17-zal [...]
2(barig) sze kiszib3 in-[...]
ki ARAD2-[ta]
kiszib3 lugal-uszurx(|LAL2.TUG2|)#
mu si-mu-ru-um lu-lu-bum2 ba-hul
lugal-uszur3
dub-sar
dumu a2-an-du#-ru

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 426. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330494) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330494..

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