Aleppo 315

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100647

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100647.

Transliteration

4(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
la2-ia3 zi-ga
ki ARAD2-ta
ur-tur ma2-lah5 su-su-dam
kiszib3 szesz-ki-ag2 ma2-lah5 i3-gal2
mu en nanna masz-e i3-pa3
szesz-ki-ag2
dumu ka-ka
ma2-lah5

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 315. 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 (P100647) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100647..

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