AnOr 07, 132

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101427

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101427.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(asz) 2(barig) gazi gur
2(u) 3(disz) u2-kur
5(disz) sila3 sze zi-bi2-tum
gu2 mu 2(disz)-kam
kiri6 e2-amar szul-gi-ra
ma-da isin2?
ki lugal-iti-da-ta
ur-mes szu ba-ti
giri3 lu2-nin-szubur dub-sar
mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul-ta
mu hu-uh2#-nu-ri ba-hul-sze3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 132. 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 (P101427) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101427..

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