HSS 68, 037

~2033 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P406803

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P406803.

Why it matters

Transliteration

8(disz) udu u2
2(disz) masz2-gal u2
1(disz) sila4
ba-la-la nar
ARAD2-mu maszkim
sza3 mu-kux(DU)-ra-ta
u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam
ki in-ta-e3-a-ta [ba-zi]
giri3# nu-ur2#-[suen dub]-sar#?
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu szu-suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3
1(u) 1(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 68, 037. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y5 — Šu-Suen built the Amorite wall Muriq-Tidnim based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P406803) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P406803..

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