TCND 296

~2069 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P133946

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P133946.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz) udu#?
3(disz) gukkal
1(disz) sila4#?
3(disz) u8 gukkal
1(disz) u8 a-lum
1(disz) masz2-gal
1(disz) ud5 szimaszgi
1(disz) sila4 ga szimaszgi#
1(disz) kir11 ga szimaszgi
ba-usz2 u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam
ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta
ur-nigar
szu ba-ti
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu ha-ar-szi ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCND 296. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y26 — Harši destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Museo di Antichità di Torino, Turin, Italy (P133946) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P133946..

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