SANTAG 6, 284

~2058 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P211521

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211521.

Why it matters

Transliteration

4(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 dabin gur
2(ban2) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15
u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
ki szara2-kam-ta
kiszib3 ensi2
iti pa4-u2-e
mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
szu-suen
lugal kal-ga
lugal uri5-ma
lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
a-a-kal-la
ensi2
umma
ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SANTAG 6, 284. 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: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P211521) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211521..

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