CDLJ 2009/2 §2.6

~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P384816

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P384816.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze
sa2-du11 iti diri#
mu si#-ma#-num2 ba-hul#
2(u) 4(asz) 1(ban2) [...] 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze#
sa2-du11 iti 1(u) 3(disz)-kam
mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
[sa2]-du11# []szara2 u3 sa2#-du11# szul-gi
ki# gu#-du#-du#-ta
kiszib3 asz-a ab-[ba]-gi-na#
ab-ba-gi-na
dumu inim-x
x-x-x?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2009/2 §2.6. 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: Special Collections, Robert Manning Strozier Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA (P384816) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P384816..

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