AnOr 07, 321

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101616

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101616.

Transliteration

1(disz) szu-er3-ra dumu ur-gilgamesx(|BIL3.GA.MES|)-ka
1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar-sze3
a-hi-ma in-sa10
pu3-su-nu-um ugula-gesz2-da-ka-ni
nu-sa10 bi2-du11
1(disz) szu-er3-ra
1(disz) szu-ku8-bu-um
1(disz) a-zu-li [...]
nam-lu2-inim-ma-[sze3 im-ta]-e3-[esz2]
sza3-ba szu-[er3-ra nam]-erim2 ku5-[de3 ba-szum2]
szu-er3-ra nam-[erim2 un-ku5]
a-hi-ma sag szu-na [ba-an]-gi4-gi4
igi lu2-ama-na-sze3
mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 321. 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 (P101616) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101616..

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