BPOA 06, 0906

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P293351

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P293351.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(u) ad6 udu
mu aga3-us2-e-ne
ugula du-uk-ra
ki tu-ra-a
hu-um-s,u
szu ba-ti
giri3 szu-esz18-dar
dumu e2-a-ra-bi2
sza3 nim-zi-um
iti# ezem#-szul-gi
[mu sza-asz]-ru# [ba]-hul#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BPOA 06, 0906. 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: Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (P293351) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P293351..

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