AAICAB 1/3, pl. 223, Bod S 184

~2071 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P249087

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249087.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(u) 4(asz) 1(barig) dabin gur lugal
ki szesz-kal-la muhaldim-ta
lugal-nesag-e
dumu bar-an-ra-ke4
szu ba-ti
ka2-mah inanna-ta
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu us2-sa si-mu-ru-um ba-hul
[ki] szesz#-kal-la-ta
[lugal]-nesag#-e szu ba-ti#
[...]
lugal-nesag-e
dub-sar
dumu bar-ra-an

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 223, Bod S 184. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y24 — Year after: Simurrum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P249087) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249087..

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