AAICAB 1/3, pl. 224, Bod S 186

~2060 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P249090

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249090.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur lugal
la2-ia3 sze zi-ga nibru-ka
ARAD2-ra sa12-du5-me
su-su-dam
mu sa12-du5#-ka-sze3
kiszib3 ka-gu-na i3-gal2
iti dal
mu an-sza-an ba-hul
ka-gu-na
dub-sar
dumu ur-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 224, Bod S 186. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y35 — Anšan destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P249090) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249090..

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