AnOr 07, 237

~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101532

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101532.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) sar kiszi17 ku5-ra2 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta
a2-bi u4 4(u) 8(disz)-kam a2 sza3-gu4
1(gesz'u) 4(u) sar |ZI&ZI|-sze3 2(u) sar-ta
[a2-bi] u4 3(u) 2(disz)-kam
[x] gurusz# u4 1(disz)-sze3
[...] gub#-ba
a2 sza3-gu4
a-sza3 nin-ur4-ra
ugula lu2-du10-ga
kiszib3 gu-u2-gu-a
mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
gu-u2-gu-a
dub-sar
dumu ma-an-szum2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 237. 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: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101532) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101532..

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