AnOr 07, 184

~2060 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101479

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101479.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(u) 6(disz) gurusz
tir nin-gesztin-an-na-ka-ta
kun i7 ma2-gur8-ka-sze3
u2#-|ZI&ZI|-sze3# im-IL2
[...] SZE3
[...] bi#? a-ra2 3(disz)-am3
kiszib3# nigar-ki-du10
iti dumu-zi
mu an-sza-an ba-hul
ur-li9-si4
ensi2 umma
ur-sa6-ga
dub-sar
dumu e2-ki
ARAD2-zu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 184. 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: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101479) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101479..

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