USC 6819

~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235630

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235630.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[n] 3(u) gurusz hun-ga2
al 5(disz)# sar-ta
3(u) gurusz# hun#-ga2
gi zex(SIG7)-a# 1(u) 5(disz) sar#-ta#
2(u) 8(disz) gurusz hun#-ga2#
dih3 ku5-a# [1(u) 5(disz)?] sar-ta#
a-sza3 gi kin ak#
a-sza3 ka-gu4-ku6#-sag
ugula ur-am3-ma#
kiszib3# nam-<sza3>-tam ur-nisaba
a-sza3 ensi2#
mu# us2#-sa bad3 mar#-tu# ba#-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6819. 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: Archaeological Research Collection, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA (P235630) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235630..

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