AnOr 07, 056

~2059 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101351

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101351.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4
esz3-sze3
1(disz) masz2 ka ge6-par4-ra
1(disz) masz2 na-na-a
sza3 unu-ga
giri3 nin-ga2
2(disz) udu gi-ra-num2
e2 be-la-at-suh-ner
u3 be-la-at-dar-ra-ba-an
ma-szum maszkim
zi-ga sza3 uri5-ma
iti ezem-an-na
mu us2-sa an-sza-an ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 056. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y36 — Year after: Anšan destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101351) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101351..

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