Aleppo 423

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100755

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100755.

Transliteration

3(gesz2) 4(disz) udu hi-a
giri3 u3-ma-ni
2(gesz2) udu hi-a
giri3 lugal-ku3-zu
2(gesz2) 5(u) 1(disz) udu hi-a
1(disz) ab2 mu 2(disz)
giri3 lu2-kal-la
masz2 sze ur5-ra-ka
ki ARAD2-ta
lu2-kal-la i3-dab5
iti dumu-zi
mu us2-sa ki-masz ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 423. 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 (P100755) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100755..

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