TJA pl.51, IOS 12

~2060 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134106

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134106.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(barig) 1(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 ga [gazi]
1(asz) 1(barig) la2 1(disz) sila3 ga-UD@g gur
7(asz) gu2 4(u) 5(disz) ma-na siki-ud5
kiszib3 lugal-ezem
3(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 ga gazi
1(barig) la2 1(disz) sila3 ga-UD@g
kiszib3 ku3-ga-ni
ki lugal-a2-zi-da-ta
2(disz) ga gazi
5(asz) gu2 5(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki-ud5
kiszib3 lugal-ezem
ki ur-e11-e-ta
mu an-sza-an ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TJA pl.51, IOS 12. 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: Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (P134106) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134106..

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