CUSAS 03, 0898

~2039 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324087

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324087.

Transliteration

[n ma]-na# i3-szah2
5(disz) ma-na al-lu-[hu-ru-um]-saga
[n ma-na] al#-lu-[ha-ru-um]
3(disz) ma-na sa#-udu
1(u) 5(disz) ma-na u2-hab2
ki iszkur-illat-ta
a-na-ah-i3-li2
szu ba-ti
iti u5-bi2-gu7
mu ma2-gur8-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-dim2
an-na-ah-i3-li2 aszgab
dumu sa2-ba

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 0898. 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: Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (P324087) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324087..

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