PPAC 4, 126

~2072 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P332047

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332047.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] dida# du
2(ban2) dabin lugal
1(ban2) zu2-lum
3(disz) ku6 ur
ki ur-kisal-ta#
ku3-ga#-[ni] sipa# lugal-ka-sze3
szesz-kal-la
[...]-du
[szu] ba-ti
[iti] szu#?-esz?-sza#?
mu si-mu-[ru-um ba-hul]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — PPAC 4, 126. 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: Couvent Sainte-Anne, Jerusalem (P332047) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332047..

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