TAD 10

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P131053

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131053.

Transliteration

4(gesz2) 5(u) 8(disz) u8
4(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) udu
1(disz) sila4
1(disz) sila4 ga
4(u) la2 1(disz) masz2-nita2
1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) ud5
3(u) 7(disz) masz2 ga
szu-gid2
u4 2(u) 7(disz)
ki ab-ba-sa6-[ga]-ta
in-ta-e3-a
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul
1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TAD 10. 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: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P131053) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131053..

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