AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 528

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330594

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330594.

Transliteration

3(u) 4(disz) udu 3(disz) masz2
e2-u4-1(u) 5(disz)
iti u4 1(u) 3(disz) ba#-zal#
1(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) udu 2(u) 7(disz) masz2
1(u) 1(disz) sila4 gaba
e2-u4-sakar
iti u4 3(u) la2 1(disz@t) ba-zal
udu szu-gid2
ki na-lu5-ta
na-sa6 i3-dab5
zi#-ga iti ezem-mah
[mu] si#-mu-ru-um [u3 lu]-lu-bu a-ra2 [1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam]-asz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 528. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330594) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330594..

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