JCS 52, 036 16

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P145810

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145810.

Transliteration

4(disz) sila4#
3(disz) kir11
u3-tu-da
u4 6(disz)-kam
sza3 na-gab2-tum-ma
lu2-dingir-ra
i3-dab5
iti a2-ki-ti
mu amar-suen# lugal#-e ur#-[bi2]-lum mu-[hul]
7(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 52, 036 16. 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: Arizona State Museum, Tucson, Arizona, USA (P145810) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145810..

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