AnOr 07, 201

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101496

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101496.

Transliteration

1(asz) gu2 6(disz) ma-na siki kur-ra tug2 guz-za 3(disz)-kam us2#
1(u) 4(disz) ma-na siki kur-[ra tug2] guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
sza3 siki tug2 guz-za 3(disz)-[kam us2-ka]-ta igi sag#-[ga2]
2(u) 2/3(disz) ma-na siki kur-ra tug2 nig2-lam2 3(disz)-kam us2
1(u) ma-na siki kur-ra tug2 nig2-lam2 du
sza3 siki tug2 nig2-lam2 3(disz)-kam us2-ka-ta igi sag-ga2
a2 usz-bar
ki ensi2-ka-ta
kiszib3 ur-[]nin-tu
iti [...]
mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-[bi2]-lum mu-[hul]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 201. 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 (P101496) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101496..

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