AAICAB 1/3, pl. 244, Bod S 292

~2072 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P249197

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249197.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(gesz2) udu niga
5/6(disz) sila3 sze-ta
1/2(disz) sila3 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 duh saga-ta
1/3(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 duh du-ta
u4 1(disz)-kam
u4 3(u)-sze3
szunigin 1(u) sze gur
szunigin 6(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) duh [saga] gur#
szunigin 5(asz) duh du# gur#
sza3-gal udu niga sa2-du11
ki a-lu5-lu5-ta
iti szu-numun
mu si-mu-ru-um ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 244, Bod S 292. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y23 — Simurrum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P249197) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249197..

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