BCT 2, 251

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105491

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105491.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(gesz2) 6(asz) 3(barig) sze gur lugal
4(gesz'u) na-gab2-tum-ka
ki za-ni-a-ta
sza3 sze 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) gur
giri3 ur-mes-ka-ta
lugal-uszur4-e ba-an-zi
a-x-[x] x x x babbar2 x
tukum#-bi ugu2-a-na
nu-um-gar
ugu2 lugal-uszur4-ka ga2-ga2-dam
mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-[bi2-lum] mu-hul
lugal-uszur4
dub-sar
dumu a2-an-du-ru

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 251. 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: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK (P105491) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105491..

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