Akkadica 114-115, 099 20

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P145513

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145513.

Transliteration

2(disz) amar az
e2-uz-ga
mu-kux(DU) szu-suen
u4 1(u) 7(disz@t)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
ba-[zi]
iti ezem-an-na
mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul
2(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Akkadica 114-115, 099 20. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y6 — Šašru destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium (P145513) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145513..

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