Amorites 02

~2040 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100967

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100967.

Transliteration

5(disz) udu niga
ki na-ap-la-num2 mar-tu-sze3 kur mar-tu-sze3 ma2-a ba-a-gub
giri3 ad-da-sa6-ga aga3-us2
ARAD2-mu maszkim
iti u4 4(disz) ba-zal
ki szu-ma-ma-ta
ba-zi
iti masz-da3#-gu7
mu us2-sa sza-asz-ru ba-hul
5(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Amorites 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y7 — Year after: Šašru destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P100967) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100967..

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