Position in chronology
SACT 2, 004
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128961.
Transliteration
3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 ka i7 i3-szum2-ta sahar szu ti-a 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 i7 i3-szum2 szu ur3-ra ugula lugal-ku3-zu kiszib3 gu-u2-gu-a giri3 szara2-he2-gal2 mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 gu-u2-gu-a dub-sar dumu ma-an-szum2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 004. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128961) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128961..
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