ASJ 09, 260 53

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P102329

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102329.

Transliteration

8(disz) udu niga
u4 8(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-[sa6-ga]-ta
na-lu5 [i3-dab5]
iti ezem-me-[ki-gal2]
mu sza-asz-ru#[] ba-hul
8(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 09, 260 53. 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: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (P102329) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102329..

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