Position in chronology
JCS 38, 250 06
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112182.
Transliteration
2(u) 1(disz) x x x 3(u) a2-na#? ki ur-e11?-e-ta? kiszib3 ur-e2-mah sza3 e2 szara2-ka iti dal mu si-mu-ru-um ba-hul ur-e2-mah dub-sar dumu lugal-ku3-ga-ni
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 38, 250 06. 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: San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California, USA (P112182) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112182..
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