Position in chronology
TMH NF 1-2, 350
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134661.
Transliteration
ur-tum-al-ra u3-na-a-du11 2(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) sze gur lu2-nin-szubur lu2 lunga-ka he2-na-ab-szum2-mu kiszib3 na-szi-ib-szub-szub mu si-mu-ru-um ba-hul i-bi2-suen lugal kal-ga lugal uri5-ma lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba lu2-en-lil2-la2 dub-sar dumu lu2-nin-szubur ARAD2-zu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 350. 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: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P134661) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134661..
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