AAICAB 1/2, pl. 099, 1935-574

~2056 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248649

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248649.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(u) 4(disz) gurusz sze-sag11-a
2(disz) gurusz gu4-e-us2-sa
iti sze-sag11-ku5-ta u4 3(disz)-am3 ba-ra-zal
u4 1(disz)-kam
a-sza3 ka-[...]
ugula lugal-e2-mah#-[e]
kiszib3 szesz-kal-la
mu us2-sa sza-asz-szu2-ru ba-hul
lugal-nig2-lagar-e
dub-sar
dumu da-da

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 099, 1935-574. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y39 — Year after: Šaššuru destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248649) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248649..

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