Position in chronology
Syracuse 265
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130816.
Transliteration
9(disz) ma-sa2-ab 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 8(disz) ma-sa2-ab 5(disz) sila3 3(disz) gur 1(barig) ki#-suen-sze3 ki# szesz-kal-la-ta ur-nisaba szu ba-ti iti min-esz3 mu an-sza-an ba-hul ur-nisaba dub-sar dumu ur-[nigar]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 265. 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: Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York, USA (P130816) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130816..
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