AUCT 1, 409

~2042 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103254

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103254.

Transliteration

2(disz) udu hur-sag
3(disz) u8 hur-sag
2(disz) dara4-nita2
3(disz) dara4-munus
u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
esz18?-dar?-dingir-szu
i3-dab5
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun
1(u) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 409. 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: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103254) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103254..

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