CST 733

~2059 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P108250

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108250.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 gig
la2-ia3 si-i3-tum
nig2-ka9-ak
szesz-kal-la dumu lugal-ma2-gur8-re
ad-da-e?
su-su-dam
mu us2-sa an-[sza]-an ba-hul
szesz-kal-la
dub-sar
dumu lugal-ma2-gur8-[re]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 733. 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: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P108250) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P108250..

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