Position in chronology
OrSP 47-49, 184
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P125073.
Transliteration
1(u) 5(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal kun i7-da-ta u3 a-sza3 ma-nu-ta 4(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur a-sza3 GAN2 ur-gu-ta 2(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze# gur# e2-kikken-ta ki ARAD2-ta sa2-du11 szara2 sza3-a-da szu ba-ti iti nesag-ta iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu us2-sa mu an-sza-an ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OrSP 47-49, 184. 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: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P125073) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P125073..
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