Aleppo 175

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P100507

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100507.

Transliteration

8(disz) gurusz u4 2(disz)-sze3
ma2-la2-a kesz2-ra2
u4 1(u) 4(disz)-sze3 ma2 gid2-da
ma2 si-ga
u4 2(disz)-sze3 ma2 ba-al-la
ga2-nun gaba e2-lugal
ga2-nun e2-te-na
ma2 ib2-gid2
ugula da-du-mu
giri3 lugal-iti-da
mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul
inim-szara2
dub-sar
dumu lugal-iti-da

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 175. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y2 — Urbilum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: National Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria (P100507) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100507..

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