AnOr 07, 114

~2059 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101409

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101409.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz) udu niga unu-sze3
iti szu-esz5-sza
3(disz) udu niga
ki gu-za te-ad-egir-ti-in-sze3
iti a2-ki-ti
1(disz) udu niga
be-la-at-suh-ner
1(disz) udu niga
be-la-at-dar-ra-ba-an
1(disz) udu niga isz-ha-ra
1(disz) udu niga be-la-at-na-qar
iti ezem-szul-gi
giri3 ur-dumu-zi-da
zi-ga ki a-hi-ma
mu us2-sa an-sza-[an] ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 114. 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: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101409) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101409..

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