AAICAB 1/1, pl. 078, 1924-2162

~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142859

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142859.

Transliteration

2(disz) gu4 niga saga
1(disz) gu4 niga
2(disz) udu niga 4(disz)-kam us2
2(disz) udu niga
1(disz) udu x x
2(disz) masz2-gal x
udu nu-ba-a
libir-a-ni
zabar-dab5 i3-dab5
3(disz) gu4
7(disz) udu
iti ezem-szu-suen
mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
gur11-gur11-ra-a ba-a-gar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 078, 1924-2162. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142859) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142859..

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