Position in chronology
AnOr 07, 058
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101353.
Transliteration
1(disz) sila4 esz3-sze3 1(disz) masz2 musz-a-igi-gal2 1(disz) masz2 nin-igi-zi-bar-ra 1(disz) masz2 er2-nigin2-na ka ge6-par4-ra 1(disz) masz2 siskur2 u4 zi-ga-ze-na-a 1(disz) sila4 nig2-zah3 na-na-a sza3 e2-gal-la zi-ga ensi2 sza3 unu-ga iti masz-da3-gu7 mu us2-sa an-sza-an ba-hul mu us2-sa-bi
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 058. 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 (P101353) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101353..
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