AnOr 07, 377

~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101672

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101672.

Why it matters

Transliteration

x x x x
zabala3#-sze3 gen-na#
[(x)] 4(disz)# ma-na 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-[babbar]
ur#?-szu-suen ba-[zi?]
mu# ma2 en#-ki ba-ab-[du8]
[x] ma-na 4(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 ku3-[babbar] sa10-am3 ku3-husz-a sza3 ib2#-[...]
mu# bad3 mar-tu ba-[du3]
[x] ma-na 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 ku3-[babbar] sa10-am3 ku3-husz-a nig2-buru14# [...]
1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 ku3 sa10-am3# ku3-husz#-[a e2]-gal#-la kux(KWU147)-ra
[mu us2-sa bad3 mar?]-tu# [ba-du3?]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 377. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101672) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101672..

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