Position in chronology
BCT 2, 076
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105317.
Transliteration
[x] gin2 la2 1(u) sze ku3-babbar ur#-suen nu-kiri6 [...] 1(disz) gin2 la2 2(disz) sze ku3-babbar lu2-eb-gal nu-kiri6 ki e2-gal-e-si-ta gu-du-du szu ba-ti giri3 ur-nun-gal iti e2-iti-6(disz) 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)) — BCT 2, 076. 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: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK (P105317) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105317..
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