TRU 315

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135079

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135079.

Transliteration

5(disz) udu niga 1(disz) masz2-gal niga
2(disz) udu 1(u) 2(disz) sila4
1(disz) masz-da3
a-bi2-si2-im-ti
szu-nin-szubur ra2-gaba maszkim
1(disz) udu niga lugal-ma2-gur8-re
ARAD2-mu maszkim
sza3 mu-kux(DU) u4-nu2-a
u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta ba-zi
iti ezem-an-na
mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul
2(u) 2(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TRU 315. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y6 — Šašru destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P135079) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135079..

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