SACT 1, 194

~2059 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128949

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128949.

Why it matters

Transliteration

7(gesz2) 5(asz) 3(barig) 3(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
sza3-gal gu4 udu masz ansze szah2 u3 muszen
ki-a tak4?-a
ur-li9-si4 ensi2 umma-ka#?-x
in-[...]
iti a2-ki-ti
bala ur-li9-si4 ensi2 umma
mu us2-sa an-sza-an ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 194. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128949) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128949..

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