JCS 07, 104 SLAM 61:1927

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P111894

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111894.

Transliteration

1(disz) masz2-gal niga puzur4-ma-ma lu2 ma-ri2
1(disz) masz2-gal niga i3-li2-da-gan lu2 eb-la
1(disz) masz2-gal niga na-na-u3 lu2 ur-szu
e2-duru5-ne-ne-sze3
lugal-ma2-gur8-re szabra
iti u4 2(u) ba-zal
ki szul-gi-a-a-mu-ta ba-zi
iti u5!(NE)-bi2-gu7
mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 07, 104 SLAM 61:1927. 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: Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, USA (P111894) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111894..

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