Position in chronology
AnOr 07, 114
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101409.
Transliteration
2(disz) udu niga unu-sze3 iti szu-esz5-sza 3(disz) udu niga ki gu-za te-ad-egir-ti-in-sze3 iti a2-ki-ti 1(disz) udu niga be-la-at-suh-ner 1(disz) udu niga be-la-at-dar-ra-ba-an 1(disz) udu niga isz-ha-ra 1(disz) udu niga be-la-at-na-qar iti ezem-szul-gi giri3 ur-dumu-zi-da zi-ga ki a-hi-ma mu us2-sa an-sza-[an] ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 114. 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 (P101409) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101409..
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