Position in chronology
TMH NF 1-2, 131
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134443.
Transliteration
2(u) 4(barig) sze gur uri5-sze3 giri3 lugal-ku3-zu lu2 e2-sukud-ra2 ur-szem5-ku3-ga u3 lu2-gesz-bar-e3 lu2-nimgir-ki-ag2 3(ban2) ki-lu5-la2 ARAD2 ur-ig-alim iti szu-esz5-sza sza3 du6-sa-bar-ra mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 131. 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: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P134443) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134443..
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