AUCT 2, 226

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104044

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104044.

Transliteration

2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) udu
3(u) 5(disz) masz2-gal
u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
na-[lu5]
i3-[dab5]
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul
2(gesz2) 5(u)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 226. 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 (P104044) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104044..

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