Position in chronology
AnOr 07, 325
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101620.
Transliteration
a-sza3 ka-ma#-[ri2]-ka i3-si-na-ba udu ba-an-du2-ru-un ab-ba-gi-na szabra-am3 nu-un-zu# ensi2#?-ra#? nu-un#-na#-an-du11 mu bad3 mar-[tu] ba#-[du3] lu2-szara2 dub-sar dumu ur-sa6-ga
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 325. 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 (P101620) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101620..
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