JCS 14, 113 21

~2042 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P111933

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111933.

Transliteration

iti masz-da3-gu7
iti ses-da-gu7
bala ensi2 gir2-su
iti u5-bi2-gu7
bala ensi2 adab
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
bala ensi2 mar2-da
[iti] ezem-nin-a-zu
[bala] ensi2 ka-[zal-lu]
bala ensi2 gir2-su
mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 14, 113 21. 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 (P111933) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111933..

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