SACT 2, 012

~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128969

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128969.

Transliteration

4(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
a e3-a a-ba-gal gub-ba-a
ugula lugal-kal#
kiszib3 a-kal-la
mu sza-asz-szu2-ru ba-hul
a-[kal-la]
dub-[sar]
dumu ur-nigar szusz3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 012. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Šaššuru destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128969) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128969..

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