SA 155

~2032 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128724

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128724.

Transliteration

1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2 ne-mur asal2
sza3 pisan-ga2
ki lu2-kal-la-ta
2(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na ne-mur
ki ur-e2-masz-ta
gu-du-du
szu ba-ti
iti dumu-zi
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)) — SA 155. 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: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P128724) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128724..

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