CDLJ 2007/1 §3.07

~2065 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P368367

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P368367.

Why it matters

Transliteration

3(disz)# tug2# nig2#-lam2# us2# lugal#
ki# lugal#-za-e3#-ta#?
5(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 us2# [...]
x x x ma#-na#
[...]
[...]
[...]
[...] mu#
[iti] li9#-si4#
mu# bad3# ma#-da# ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2007/1 §3.07. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y30 — The frontier wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA (P368367) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P368367..

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