AnOr 07, 058

~2059 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101353

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101353.

Why it matters

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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