Position in chronology
SACT 2, 168
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129125.
Transliteration
1(szar2) sa gi gu-nigin2-ba 1(u) sa-ta ki lugal-igi-alim-ta ur-isztaran szu ba-ti mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 ur-isztaran dub-sar dumu ur-esz3-[bar-ra] ARAD2 lu2-szara2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 168. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P129125) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129125..
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