Aleppo 113

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100445

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100445.

Transliteration

2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 5(disz) sa ma-nu
1(gesz2) gu2 pa ku5 ma-nu
5(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sa gi
ki a-kal-la-ta
lugal-ezem
szu ba-ti
sza3 bala
iti e2-iti-6(disz)
mu us2-sa a-ra2 3#(disz@t)-kam si-mu-ru-um ba-hul
lugal-ezem dub-sar
dumu lugal-e2-mah-e
szabra

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 113. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: National Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria (P100445) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100445..

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