TMH NF 1-2, 254

~2057 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134565

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134565.

Transliteration

4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3 szul-pa-e3
szuku ur-mes dumu a-a-kal-la
nin-mar-ga
ur-me-me-ra
i3-na-szum2
2(barig) 3(ban2) sze ur5-sze3
nin-mar-ga
szu ba-ti
iti ezem-an-na
mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3-ta mu us2-sa-a-ba
uru4-de3
mu lugal-bi in-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 254. 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: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P134565) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134565..

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