AnOr 01, 304

~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101295

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101295.

Transliteration

[...] x
sza-ad-da
5(disz) gin2 gur4-sa3-an muhaldim
zi-ga nin9-hi-li2-a nibru-sze3 gen-na
iti li9-si4
[mu bad3 mar]-tu [ba-du3]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 304. 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: Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (P101295) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101295..

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