Aleppo 341

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100673

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100673.

Transliteration

8(disz) a-ra ma2 4(u) gur
sze-ta sa10-a
3(u) 7(asz) gu2 4(u) 2(disz) ma-na mangaga
3(asz) 3(barig) 6(disz) sila3 dabin gur
6(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) kasz du gur
2(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 esza
1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15
ki ARAD2-ta
lu2-sa6-i3-zu
szu ba-ti
mu ur-bi2-lum ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 341. 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 (P100673) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100673..

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