Syracuse 110

~2059 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130661

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130661.

Why it matters

Transliteration

5(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
u2 ze2-a sza3 sur?
en-du8-du
u3 dub-la2-utu-sze3
u2 ga6-ga2
ki bi2-du11-ga-ta
kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e
szesz ab-ba-ka
mu us2-sa an-[sza-an] ba-hul
lugal-e2-mah-e
dub-sar
dumu inim-szara2
sa12-du5-ka

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 110. 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 (P130661) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130661..

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