CUSAS 03, 1522

~2039 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P253700

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P253700.

Transliteration

4(disz) udu u2#
1(disz) gukkal
ki i3-li2-bi-la-ni-ta
ba-zi
iti u5-bi2-gu7
mu ma2-gur8-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-dim2
szu-[kab2-ta a-zu]
dumu [na-ra-am-i3-li2]
iszkur-illat#
dub-sar
dumu a-bi2-[a ARAD2-zu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 03, 1522. 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: Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway (P253700) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P253700..

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