AAICAB 1/2, pl. 127, 1971-283

~2042 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248798

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248798.

Transliteration

1(u) 5(disz) gu4
2(disz) gu4 mu 2(asz)
2(u) ab2
3(disz) ab2 mu 2(asz)
8(gesz2) u8 szimaszgi
2(gesz2) udu szimaszgi
5(gesz2) ud5 szimaszgi
mu-kux(DU) lugal
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
ur-nin-kur-ra ensi2 szuruppak i3-dab5
iti szu-esz5-sza
mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun
4(u) gu4 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 127, 1971-283. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y5 — En-maḫgalanna en-priest of Nanna installed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248798) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248798..

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