Position in chronology
CUSAS 03, 0859
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322429.
Transliteration
3(disz) kusz udu ki iszkur-illat-ta a-na-ah-i3-li2 szu ba-an-ti iti masz-da3-gu7 mu szu-suen lugal-e ma-da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul [3(disz) kusz udu] ki iszkur-illat-[ta] a-na-ah-i3-li2# szu ba-an-ti# iti masz-da3-[gu7] mu# szu-[suen lugal-e] ma-da [za-ab-sza]-li [mu]-hul a-na-hi-li2 dumu sa2-ba aszgab
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0859. 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: CUNES 48-02-027 (Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA) — from Garšana (mod. uncertain) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P322429). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322429..
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