TJA pl.52, IOS 09

~2059 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134103

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134103.

Transliteration

1(u) 2(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
1(disz) tug2 bar-dul5 4(disz)-kam us2
1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 sza3 bar-dul5
3(u) 6(disz) tug2 guz-za du
1(u) 6(disz) tug2 sag usz-bar
2(disz) tug2 usz-bar
3(u) 2(disz) tug2 bar-si nig2-la2
1(u) 6(disz) tug2 mug
szunigin 1(gesz2) 5(u) 6(disz) tug2 hi-a
ki ur-suen
ur-iszkur
szu ba-ti
iti szu-numun
mu us2-sa an-sza-an ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TJA pl.52, IOS 09. 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: Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (P134103) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134103..

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