CUSAS 03, 1371

~2072 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P323228

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P323228.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[n] 5(disz) gi-ku#-ab 1/2(disz) [sila3?-ta?]
2(disz) gi-ku-[du3-na] 5(disz) sila3-ta
1(u) 1(disz) gi-ku-kas4?-ab? [n sila3?]-ta#
asz-asz NE-ma?-nu? szu ak
ki iszkur-illat-ta
[]szara2-kam
[szu] ba-ti
[iti a2]-ki-ti
[mu] si-mu-ru-um ba-hul
szara2-kam
dub-sar
dumu nu-ur2-suen

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 1371. 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 (P323228) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P323228..

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