CST 037

~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P107822

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107822.

Why it matters

Transliteration

3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
masz2 5(disz) gin2 1(disz) gin2
ki ur-nam2-mah#-[ta]
i3-li2-li2 u3# nin-kar-re
szu ba-ti-esz
1(disz) la-gi-ip
1(disz) ur-en-lil2-la2
1(disz) ur-abzu
1(disz) lugal-isztaran
lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
iti udru u4 4(disz) ba-zal
mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
iti szu-numun-a gi4-gi4-da

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 037. 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: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P107822) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107822..

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