CUSAS 03, 1032

~2072 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P322597

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322597.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[1(disz)] udu
[]ne3#-eri11-gal
u4 e-lu-num2-ma
ki i3-li2-bi-la-ni-ta
ba-zi
[iti ki]-siki# nin-a-zu
[mu si-mu-ru]-um [ba-hul]
szu-kab2-ta a-zu
dumu na-ra-am-i3-li2
iszkur-illat
dub-sar
dumu a-bi2-a ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 1032. 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: Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (P322597) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322597..

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