Position in chronology
SACT 2, 094
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129051.
Transliteration
1(disz) gurusz u4 2(u) 5(disz)-sze3 mu dug szakkan-sze3 kusz-kusz i3-dab5 ki dingir-er3-ra-ta kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam ur-szul-pa-e3 mu sza-asz-szu2-ru ba-hul ur-szul-pa-e3 dub-sar dumu lugal-ku3-ga-ni
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 094. 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 (P129051) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129051..
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