Position in chronology
AnOr 07, 088
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101383.
Transliteration
1(disz) szah2-NE-tur-munus gesz-gi 1(disz) uz-tur iti-ta u4 1(u) 5(disz) ba-ra-zal 1(disz) szah2-NE-tur-munus gesz-gi 1(disz) uz-tur 5(disz) tu-gur4 iti-ta u4 2(u) la2 1(disz) ba-ra-zal lugal-ra gaba-ri-a sza3 lam-KA-ga 4(disz) uz-tur 1(disz) u5-sim ri-ri-ga-am3 e2-gal-la ba-an-kux(KWU147) iti-ta u4 2(u) 2(disz) ba-ra-zal zi-ga a2-bi2-la-tum iti masz-ku3-gu7 mu us2-sa sza-asz-ru ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 088. 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: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101383) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101383..
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