CDLJ 2009/2 §2.8

~2072 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P384820

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P384820.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(barig) 5(ban2) sze
sza3-gal udu niga
ki gu-du-du-ta
kiszib3 ur-ma-mi
giri3 gi-na
iti [...]
mu si-mu-ru-[um] ba-hul
ur-[ma-mi]
dumu inim-[szara2]
kuruszda [szara2-ka]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2009/2 §2.8. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y23 — Simurrum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Special Collections, Robert Manning Strozier Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA (P384820) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P384820..

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