Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 225
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103071.
Transliteration
1(disz) ma-al-tum ku3 babbar ki-la2-bi 1(disz) ma-na masz2-da-re-a i7 edin-na [x]-uh da#-gi4-a [x] [x] nig2-du7 x du [x] szu-nir x 2(disz) ha-za-an-num2 zabala4 mu-kux(DU) szara2 iti szu-numun mu si-mu-ru-um ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 225. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y23 — Simurrum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103071) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103071..
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