AnOr 01, 230

~2032 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101221

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101221.

Why it matters

Transliteration

4(asz) gu2 1(gesz2) la2 1(disz) ma-[na] 1(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 1(u) 2(disz) [sze x]
la2-ia3 mu en eridu
sza3-bi-ta
2(u) 6(disz) ma-na siki
mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu [ba-du3]
kiszib3 lu2-ha-ia3
1(asz) gu2 [...]
kiszib3 [...]
2(u) 4(disz) ma-na [...]
ugu2 szesz-saga ba-[a-gar]
mu szu-suen lugal-[e] ma#-da za-ab-sza-li[] mu-hul
szunigin [...] 2(asz)? [...] zi#?-[ga? ...]
x x [...] x
[...]
[mu ma]-da za-[ab-sza-li] ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 230. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y6 — Land of Zabšali destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (P101221) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101221..

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