HLC 174 (pl. 104)

~2042 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110049

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110049.

Transliteration

2(disz) dug dida
2(ban2) zi3-gu lugal
3(disz) sila3 zi3 dub-dub
2(disz) sila3 nig2-ar3-ra imgaga3
nig2-siskur2-ra
a-sza3 la-za-wi muru13-sze3
zi-ga sanga
giri3# al-la
iti ezem-dumu-zi
zi-ga
a-kal-la lu2 lunga
mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 174 (pl. 104). 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: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P110049) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110049..

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