Aleppo 235

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100567

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100567.

Transliteration

2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) sar al 5(disz) sar-ta
a2-bi u4 6(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)-kam [...]
2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 4(u) sar al 3(disz) sar-ta
a2-bi u4 8(gesz2) 5(u) [...-kam ...]
2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) sar al x sar-ta
a2-bi [...]
a-sza3 szara2-[...]
ugula lugal-gigir-re#
mu ha-ar!-<szi> ki-masz ba-hul
lugal-ukken-ne2
dub-sar
dumu du-du-am3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 235. 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 (P100567) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100567..

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