Position in chronology
Hermitage 3, 095
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211855.
Transliteration
1(disz) sila4 nam-zi-tar-ra 2(disz) sila4 wa-at-ra-at ugula 1(disz) sila4 ur-szul-gi-ra 5(disz) gu4 u2 4(u) 7(disz) udu a-lum 2(disz) masz2 1(disz) sila4 nin9-s,elu-usz-da-gan mu-kux(DU) szul-gi-si2-im-tum a2-bi2-la-tum i3-dab5 iti ezem-an-na mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 095. 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: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P211855) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211855..
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