HSS 04, 106

~2094 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110379

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110379.

Why it matters

Transliteration

4(disz) sa gi SZID
ki ka-tar-ba-<ba6>-ta
ur-ba-ba6 dumu ur-nansze
szu ba-ti
gil-sze3
iti ezem-ba-ba6
mu szul-gi lugal-e ur-bi2-lum lu-lu-bu si-mu-ur4-ru-um u3 karx(GAN2)-har asz-sze3 sagdu#-bi tibir?-ra bi2-ra

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 04, 106. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y1 — Šulgi became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P110379) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110379..

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