Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 065
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102911.
Transliteration
2(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na siki tug2 szar3 3(disz) ma-na 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 siki tug2 us2 szar3 3(u) 1(disz) ma-na siki 3(disz)-kam us2 2(asz) gu2 siki 4(disz)-kam us2 [...] 3(disz)-kam us2 [...] [...] siki tug2 geme2-nin-lil2-la2 ugula ur-ig-alim szabra mu-kux(DU) mu us2-sa bad3 ma-da ba-du3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 065. 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: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P102911) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102911..
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