Position in chronology
Syracuse 041
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130592.
Transliteration
6(disz) gurusz u4 5(disz)-sze3 a-da gub-ba kiri6 e2-sza3-ga ki lu2-szara2-ta kiszib3 ba-sa6-ga iti dumu-zi mu us2-sa an-sza#-an ba-hul ba-sa6-ga dumu giri3-ni gal5-[la2]-gal
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 041. 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: Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York, USA (P130592) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130592..
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