Position in chronology
CUSAS 03, 0242
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322422.
Transliteration
8(disz) gurusz sag-tag 2(disz) gurusz a2 2/3(disz)-ta lu2 azlag2-me-esz2 u4 [1(disz)-sze3] sig4 szu dim2 szum2-mu-de3 gub-ba al-tar e2-[ki]-mu#-ra ki puzur4-a-ku-um-ta ba-zi iti ki-siki []nin-a-zu mu ma2-gur8-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-dim2 szu-kab-ta2 a-zu dumu na-ra-am-i3-li2 sukkal i3-du8 e2-a-szar dub-sar ARAD2-zu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0242. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y8 — The great barge for Enlil and Ninlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: CUNES 48-02-020 (Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA) — from Garšana (mod. uncertain) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P322422). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P322422..
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