Position in chronology
OIP 121, 513
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124243.
Transliteration
[1(disz)] sila4# ga GI# [1(disz)] masz2 ga babbar ba-usz2 u4 1(u) 6(disz@t)-kam ki u2-ta-mi-szar-ra-am-ta szul-gi-iri-mu szu ba-ti iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul 2(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 121, 513. 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: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P124243) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124243..
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