Position in chronology
AnOr 07, 238
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101533.
Transliteration
7(disz) gurusz u4 2(disz)-sze3 ki-su7 a-sza3 ma-nu [sze bala]-a guru7-a im ur3-ra [...] ki#-su7 a-sza3# [...]-ra [...] x [...] u4 2(disz)-sze3 ma2 gid2-[da] ugula ab-ba-saga kiszib3 lu2-nam2-nun-ka mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 lu2-nam2-an-ka dub-sar dumu lu2-szara2 sa12-du5-ka
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 238. 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 (P101533) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101533..
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