UET 3, 0368

~2071 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P136689

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136689.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2/3(disz) 5(disz) gin2 nagga
6(disz) ma-na uruda me-luh-ha
6(disz) gin2 uruda nig2 til-la#
zabar-bi 1(disz) [...]-am3#
1(u) 1/3(disz) ma-[na ...]
ga2#?-ga2#?-de3
ki [...] x
[...] x x
[ka]-gi#-na
[szu ba]-ti
[iti gu4-ra2-bi2]-mu2-mu2
mu us2-sa si-mu-ru-um ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0368. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y24 — Year after: Simurrum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P136689) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136689..

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