JCS 52, 037 23

~2042 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P145817

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145817.

Transliteration

8(asz) gu2 7(disz) ma-na siki-gi
na4 1(asz)-ta 2/3(disz) ma-na-ta
bar udu unu-sze3 i3-ra
giri3# lugal-ur2-ra-ni aga3-us2
mu#-kux(DU)
nu#-ur2-suen
szu ba-ti
iti ezem-mah
mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 52, 037 23. 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: Arizona State Museum, Tucson, Arizona, USA (P145817) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145817..

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