SumRecDreh 04

~2060 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130501

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130501.

Why it matters

Transliteration

7(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) eme-sig
3(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) e2-da
4(u) 3(disz) gesz-ur3
gesz a-dam-szah2
mu-kux(DU)
giri3-i3-gi
bar-bar-li2-a?
szu ba-ti
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu an-sza-an ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SumRecDreh 04. 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: private: anonymous, New York, New York, USA (P130501) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130501..

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