AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 511

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330577

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330577.

Transliteration

1(asz) sze gur
1(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
1(disz) sila3 szum2
1/2(disz) sila3 naga gazx(KUM)
lu2-ba-ba6
1(barig) 4(ban2) [kasz? ...]
1(barig) 4(ban2) ninda
2/3(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
1(disz) sila3 szum2 1/2(disz) sila3 naga
lugal-szu-nir-re sagi
4(ban2) kasz 4(ban2) ninda 2/3(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
1(disz) sila3 szum2 1/3(disz) sila3 naga
iszkur-il-la-at
iti dal
mu ma2 en-ki ba-ab-du8

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 511. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330577) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330577..

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