AnOr 01, 231

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101222

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101222.

Transliteration

1(gesz'u) 2(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 sar
ki szara2-i3-zu-ta
4(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 duh saga
2(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 6(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 duh
ki ba-saga-ta
7(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 duh du gur?
ki x-x-[...]
1(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) [...]
ki lu2-[...]
1(disz) [...]
sag-nig2-gur11-ra sza3-bi-ta#
gaba-ri kiszib3 usz-mu
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 231. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (P101222) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101222..

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