Georgica 6.01

~2059 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109441

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109441.

Why it matters

Transliteration

3(ban2) esza lugal
3(ban2) zu2-lum
siskur2 a-sza3 szara2-ka-sze3
ki ku3-ga-ni-ta
lugal-e2-mah-e
szu ba-ti
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu us2-sa an-sza-an ba-hul
lugal-e2-mah-e
dub-sar
[dumu lugal-ku3-ga-ni]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Georgica 6.01. 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: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P109441) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109441..

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