AUCT 1, 208

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103054

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103054.

Transliteration

6(disz) gu4 niga sag-gu4
3(u) 1(disz) gu4 niga
1(u) 3(disz) ab2 niga
1(u) 4(disz) gu4
1(u) la2 1(disz) ab2
bala ur-lamma ensi2 gir2-su
ki lu2-dingir-ra dumu inim-szara2-ta
ba-zi
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 208. 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: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103054) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103054..

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