JCS 52, 038 26

~2042 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P145820

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145820.

Transliteration

pisan-dub-[ba]
e2-kiszib3#?-[ba?]
sag-nig2-gur11-[ra]
u3 x-[...]
ur-tur [...]
iti szu-esz-[sza]
mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun-ta
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu en-unu6-gal inanna unu ba-hun-sze3
iti 1(u) 8(disz)-kam
sag iti diri 1(disz)-am3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 52, 038 26. 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 (P145820) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145820..

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