HSS 04, 101

~2065 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110374

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110374.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz) tug2 guz-za szar3
ki-la2-bi 6(disz) ma-na 1(u) gin2
3(disz) tug2 guz-za su3-a szar3
ki-la2-bi 6(disz) ma-na 1(u) 1(disz) gin2
1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 us2 szar3
ki-la2-bi 1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na la2 1(disz) gin2
1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 3(disz)-kam us2
ki-la2-bi 1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na la2 3(disz) gin2
1(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
ki-la2-bi 4(disz) ma-na la2 8(disz) gin2
mu-kux(DU)
ur-da-mu
iti ezem-li9-si4
mu bad3 ma-da ba-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 04, 101. 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: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P110374) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110374..

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