HS 2311

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235906

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235906.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 niga
u4 7(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
na-lu5
i3-dab5
iti masz-da3-gu7
mu us2-sa en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HS 2311. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y6 — Year after: En-maḫgalanna en-priest of Nanna installed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P235906) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235906..

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