Aleppo 268

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100600

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100600.

Transliteration

1(u) 5(disz) ug3-IL2# tur
u4 1(u) 6(disz)-sze3 e2-gu-la gub-ba
1(u) 6(disz) ug3-IL2 tur
u4 8(disz)-sze3 e2-usz-bar-ka gub-ba
1(u) 5(disz) ug3-IL2 tur
u4 4(disz)-sze3 e2-nin nam-ha-ni gub-ba
1(u) 6(disz) ug3-IL2 tur
u4 1(u)-sze3 e2-usz-bar ur-mes gub-ba
ki za3-mu-ta
kiszib3 lugal-inim-gi-na
e2-usz-bar gub-ba
mu ur-bi2-i3-lum ba-hul
lugal-inim-gi-na dub-sar
dumu lugal-nesag-e

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 268. 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 (P100600) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100600..

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