AUCT 1, 535

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103380

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103380.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[1(disz) ma]-na 8(disz) gin2 zabar ki-la2 gal ma-sza-lum NE-x-TAG 1(disz) gir2 x [x] u3-tu-[x]
1(disz) gal [...]
1(disz) ma x [...]
1(disz) [...]
nig2-[...]
mu-[kux(DU)]
giri3 i3-lal3-[lum]
lu2-dingir-ra szu ba-ti
sza3 puzur4-isz-da-gan
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul
1(disz) ma-na 8(disz) gin2 4(disz) nig2-ka9-ma

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 535. 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 (P103380) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103380..

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