BCT 2, 041

~2032 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105282

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105282.

Why it matters

Transliteration

7(gesz2) 3(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
sze gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a zar3 tab-ba
a-sza3 la2-mah a-sza3 tur
a-sza3 gi-apin-ku5-ra2
u3 a-sza3 a-gesztin
ugula a-a-kal-la
kiszib3 szesz-a-ni
mu szu-suen lugal-e ma-da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul
szesz-a-ni
dub-sar
dumu da-da

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 041. 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: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK (P105282) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105282..

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