Position in chronology
Fs Lenoble 167, no. 32
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P387655.
Transliteration
4(szar2) 1(u) sa gi kiszib3 ur#?-zu#? u3-um-de6 kiszib3 szesz-a-ni zi-re-dam mu us2-sa an-sza-an ba-hul [ur?-li9?-si4?] ensi2# [umma] [szesz?-a?-ni? dub?-sar?] [dumu? lugal?-nig2?-lagar?-e?] ARAD2-zu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Fs Lenoble 167, no. 32. 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: American University of Beirut Archaeological Museum, Beirut, Lebanon (P387655) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P387655..
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