Position in chronology
NRVN 1, 279
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P122496.
Transliteration
2(asz) sze gur sa2-du11 palil2 iti sze-sag11-ku5 ganun ka i7 tum-al-ta ur-szul-pa-e3 munu4-mu2 szu ba-ti mu szu-suen lugal-e ma-da za-ab-<sza>-li mu-hul ur-szul-pa-e3 munu4-mu2 dumu a-tu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NRVN 1, 279. 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: Ist Ni 00375 (cast: CBS 09727 ?) (Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey) — from Nippur (mod. Nuffar) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P122496). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P122496..
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