Position in chronology
Syracuse 386
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130937.
Transliteration
2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur lugal de6-a-mu 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur ku-li 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur ur-suen szesz-gal nam-1(u)-me ugula-gesz2-da er3-ra-dan 1(barig) sze lugal-bi a-sza3 2(iku) GAN2 gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-de3 szu ba-ab-ti iti dumu-zi mu an-sza-an ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 386. 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 (P130937) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130937..
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