HSS 68, 157

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P407053

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P407053.

Transliteration

2(disz) gu4
1(disz) ab2
1(disz) amar gir mu 1(asz)
ba-usz2
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
ur-nigar-ke4
[szu ba]-ti#
iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 68, 157. 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: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P407053) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P407053..

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