AUCT 3, 319

~2072 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104531

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104531.

Transliteration

1(asz) 3(ban2) sze gur
ki ur-szu-mah-ta
ha-ba-lu5-ge2
szu ba-ti
iti ab-e3
i3-ag2-e-a
tukum-<bi> nu-ag2
ab-tab-be2-a
mu lugal-bi in-pa3
iti kin-inanna
mu si-mu-ru-um <ba>-hul
ha-ba-lu5-[ge2]
dumu nig2-du7-pa#-[e3?]
sag#?-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 319. 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: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P104531) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104531..

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