AUCT 1, 237

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103082

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103082.

Transliteration

3(disz) gin2 [1(u) sze]
5(disz) gin2 sa10 zabar
za3-bar kin til-la dal nin-lil2-x
mu-kux(DU)
lu2-dingir-ra
szu ba-ti
sza3 tum-ma-al
iti szu-esz5-sza
mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul
8(disz) gin2 sa10 1(u) sze

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 237. 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: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103082) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103082..

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