CUSAS 03, 0914

~2039 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P324080

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324080.

Transliteration

1(disz) kusz masz2-gal niga#
ki iszkur-illat-ta
a-na-ah-i3-li2
szu ba-ti
iti ezem-szul#-[gi]
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, 0914. 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 (P324080) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P324080..

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