CDLJ 2012/1 §4.20

~2042 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P416464

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416464.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(u) 2(disz) [...]
1(u) 1(disz) [...]
5(disz) masz2
u4 1(u) la2 1(disz@t)-kam
ki# ab#-ba#-sa6#-ga#-ta
in-ta-e3-a
i3-[dab5]
iti# [...]
mu [en]-mah#-[gal-an]-na en [nanna] ba#-hun#
[3(u) 8(disz)]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2012/1 §4.20. 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: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA (P416464) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416464..

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