AUCT 1, 445

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103290

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103290.

Transliteration

3(u) 8(disz) kusz udu masz2 hi-a
sa-bi 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 6(disz) gin2
giri3 ur-nig2
1(u) 7(disz) kusz udu sa 1/2(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2
giri3 sa3-si2
1(u) 5(disz) kusz udu 2(disz) kusz sila4
sa-bi 1/2(disz) ma-na
giri3 al-la-mu
kiszib3-bi pisan du11-ga-ka igi kar2-kar2-dam
mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 445. 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 (P103290) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103290..

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