AnOr 07, 244

~2032 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101539

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101539.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[x] gu4 niga
[x] udu niga bar-su-ga
[x] 1(disz) udu bar-su-ga
[x] masz2
siskur2# ki iszkur
ki# usz-mu-ta
[kiszib3 ensi2-ka]
ba#-zi
mu szu-suen# lugal-e ma-da za#-ab-sza-li[] mu-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 244. 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: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101539) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101539..

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