Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 467
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104675.
Transliteration
1(asz) sze gur ur5-sze3 masz2 gur-ra 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta ki lugal-me-du10-ga-ta ba-zi-ge-e szu ba-ti igi ad-da-kal-[la-sze3] igi lugal-a2-zi-[da]-sze3 iti kin-inanna u4 2(u) 4(disz) ba-zal mu szu-suen lugal-e ma-da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul ba-an-zi-ge dumu lu2-x-[x]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 467. 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: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P104675) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104675..
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