USC 6715

~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235525

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235525.

Why it matters

Transliteration

8(disz) sar kin u2 [sahar]-ba#
a2 sza3-gu4
1(u) 4(disz) 5/6(disz) sar kin u2 sahar-ba#
a2 sza3-sahar-ra
e sa-dur2-ra
a-sza3# a-u2-da#-gu-la#
kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam
ur-mes
mu sza#-[asz]-szu2#-ru ba-[hul]
ur-mes
dumu na-ba-[lu5]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6715. 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: Archaeological Research Collection, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA (P235525) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235525..

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