TSU 032

~2072 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135203

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135203.

Why it matters

Transliteration

9(disz) 1/2(disz) ma#-na# <siki> gu2 udu saga [x]
9(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-[na siki] 3(disz)-kam#-[us2]
1(u) 2(disz) ma-na siki# [x]
1(asz) gu2 siki [x]
[5(disz)] ma-na siki [...]
szunigin 1(asz) gu2 3(u) 6(disz) ma-na# siki hi-a
lu2-utu [x]
iti sze-[il2-la]
mu# si-mu-[ru-um ba-hul]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TSU 032. 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: Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium (P135203) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135203..

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