AUCT 1, 739

~2060 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103584

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103584.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 4(disz) udu bar-su-ga
2(u) masz2
[ki] ur-nigar kuruszda-ta
5(u) 5(disz) udu bar-su-ga
7(disz) masz2
ki lugal-a2-zi-da gudu4-ta
mu an-sza-an ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 739. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y35 — Anšan destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103584) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103584..

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