BJRL 64, 105 42

~2060 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P106836

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P106836.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 sze lugal
sze gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-sze3
ki ur-e11-e-ta
da-du-mu
u3 ur-su4-su4
szu ba-ti
guru7 a-u2-da-ta
iti dumu-zi
mu an-sza-an ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BJRL 64, 105 42. 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: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P106836) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P106836..

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