AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 485

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330552

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330552.

Transliteration

5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda#
2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga#
1(disz) ku6 1(disz) sa szum2#
szul-gi-iri-[mu] sukkal [gaba]-ta#
2(disz) dug dida du 2(ban2)
2(ban2) zi3 dabin sza3-gal kas4 gaba-ta bala-a
giri3 szul-<gi>-iri-mu sukkal
szunigin 2(disz) dug dida du 2(ban2)
szunigin 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga szunigin 2(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 ninda
szunigin 2(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 2(disz) gin2 naga
szunigin# 1(disz) ku6 szunigin 1(disz) sa szum2
u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam
iti e2-iti-6(disz)
mu ma2 [dara3] abzu# []en#-[ki ba-ab-du8]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 485. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330552) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330552..

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