Position in chronology
Aleppo 085
Translation · reference
ExperimentalSource: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100417.
Why it matters
Transliteration
3(u) sa ma-nu 3(u) sa gi NE ki szesz-a-ni-ta ku3-ga-ni szu ba-ti sza3 bala-a iti min-esz3 mu us2-sa an-sza-an ba-hul [...] [ensi2] [umma] [ku3-ga-ni] dub-sar dumu ur-[...] ARAD2-zu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aleppo 085. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y36 — Year after: Anšan destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: National Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria (P100417) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100417..
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