BPOA 010, pl. 22 SM 1911.10.225

~2045 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P407247

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P407247.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz) har ku3-babbar [n] gin2-ta
u4 lugal-mu e2 e2-a-i3-li2-ka
kasz i3-nag-ga2-a
li-i3-si-in maszkim
ki puzur4-er3-ra-ta
ba-zi
sza3 nibru
iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu#?-hul
2(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BPOA 010, pl. 22 SM 1911.10.225. 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: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P407247) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P407247..

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