Position in chronology
TMH NF 1-2, 249
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134560.
Transliteration
4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 szul-pa-e3 apin-la2-sze3 szuku nin-mar-ka ur-me-me i3-dab5 masz2-bi 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze lugal ki ur-me-me-ta nin-mar-ka szu ba-ti mu nin-mar-ka-sze3 kiszib3 lu2-bala-sa6-ga iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 249. 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 (P134560) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134560..
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