Position in chronology
Syracuse 110
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130661.
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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