SACT 2, 144

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129101

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129101.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 5(u) sa gi gu-nigin2-ba 1(u) sa-ta
ki ur-szara2 sza13-dub-ba-ta
kiszib3 bi2-du11-ga
gi en-du8-du
iti li9-si4
mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 144. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P129101) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129101..

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