AnOr 07, 040

~2064 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101335

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101335.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz) gu4 u2
7(disz) udu u2
3(disz) masz2
dam tab-ba-da-ra-ah
2(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2
dumu zu-za-a
3(disz) udu 2(disz) masz2
szesz szabra
1(disz) sila4 te-ze2-en6
mu-kux(DU) szul-gi-si2-im-ti
a2-bi2-li2-a i3-dab5
iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
mu us2-sa bad3 ma-da ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 040. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y31 — Year after: The frontier wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101335) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101335..

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