SACT 2, 087

~2060 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129044

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129044.

Why it matters

Transliteration

5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
ka i7-da-sze3
ma2 gid2-da
ugula a-a-mu
giri3 ur-nin-su
iti szu-numun
mu an-sza-an ba-hul
ur-[nin-su]
dub-[sar]
dumu ur-e2-nun-na

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 087. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P129044) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129044..

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