AnOr 07, 198

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101493

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101493.

Transliteration

1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz) ma-nu hi-a
3(gesz2) gesz-ur3?
ab-ba gid2 1/2(disz) ninda-ta al-sze3
[...] 4(u) 4(disz) dug sag
[...] in-nu gur
[...] x x-sag gur
[...] x
[ki] ensi2# umma-ta
lu2#-dingir-ra szabra
[szu] ba-ti
kiszib3 da-da-a
giri3 bi2-du11-ga
mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 198. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y2 — Urbilum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101493) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101493..

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