Position in chronology
AAICAB 1/3, pl. 180, Bod A 04
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248967.
Transliteration
1(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) zi3 dabin gur lugal ma2 [...]-silim-ta kiszib3 nig2-ba-ba6 iti mu#-szu-du7 mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 nig2-ba-ba6 dub-<si-sa2>-sar dumu nam-ha-ni ba-ba6-x?-sze3?#
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 180, Bod A 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Bod A 004 (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK) — from Girsu (mod. Tello) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P248967). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248967..
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