HLC 128 (pl. 098)

~2032 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110005

Translation · reference

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Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110005.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...]
2(gesz'u) [...] murgu2
2(gesz'u) [...]
2(gesz'u) [...] sa6
1(gesz'u) [...]
2(gesz2) [...] ze2-na tur
1(gesz2) [...] ze2-na
bala-sze3
ki ga-a-ta
ur-ad-ku3-ga
szu ba-ti
iti ezem-ba-ba6 u3
iti mu-szu-du7
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)) — HLC 128 (pl. 098). 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: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P110005) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110005..

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