HSS 68, 171

~2042 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P407067

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P407067.

Transliteration

4(disz) udu gesz-du3 szimaszgi2
2(disz) u8 szimaszgi
2(disz) masz2-gal szimaszgi
u4 1(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
a-hu-we-er i3-dab5
iti szu-esz5-sza
mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun
8(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 68, 171. 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: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P407067) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P407067..

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