SACT 2, 051

~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129008

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129008.

Transliteration

1(u) 3(disz) gurusz hun-ga2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
sze bala-a
guru7-a im ur3-ra
ki-su7 kab-te-na
ugula lugal-iti-da
kiszib3 gu-u2-gu-a
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, 051. 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 (P129008) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129008..

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