OTR 081

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123016

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123016.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 2(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) zi3 sig15 lugal
7(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) 1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 dabin
4(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) ar-za-na [nig2]-ar3#-ra saga
[...]-da
[ki ...]-ba-[...]-ta#
[...]-la
szu ba-ti
iti ezem-li9-si4 u4 1(u) ba-zal
mu amar-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OTR 081. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y1 — Amar-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA (P123016) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123016..

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