Syracuse 389

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130940

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130940.

Transliteration

2(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 3(asz) 2(barig) 5(ban2) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze gur
zi-ga uri5-ma
ki ARAD2-ta
giri3 la-ni-mu
mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 389. 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: Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York, USA (P130940) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130940..

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