AAICAB 1/2, pl. 125, 1971-273

~2032 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248788

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248788.

Why it matters

Transliteration

3(asz) 2(barig) sze apin-la2-da ba-a gur
lu2-utu dumu ur-e2-an-na
1(asz) gur ku3-ga-ni dumu gu3-de2-a
2(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur
ur-zabala3 dumu nam-ha-ni
szunigin 7(asz) 3(ban2) sze gur
sze apin-la2-da ba-a
ki-su7 du6-ur3-bar-tab
iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la
mu szu-suen lugal-e ma-da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 125, 1971-273. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y6 — Land of Zabšali destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248788) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248788..

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