AnOr 07, 004

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101299

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101299.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(u) la2 1(disz@t) gu4 hi-a
mu gu4-gesz-ka-sze3
mu-kux(DU) nir-i3-da-gal2
e2-gal-ta
e2-u6-e ensi2 i3-dab5
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul
szul-gi
nita kal-ga
lugal uri5-ma
lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
e2-[u6-e]
ensi2#
ARAD2-[zu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 004. 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: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101299) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101299..

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