MG 2005.003.0003

~2042 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P423757

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423757.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 en-lil2
1(disz) sila4 nin-lil2
mu-kux(DU) ur-mes ensi2
nansze-GIR2@g-gal maszkim
u4 5(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta ba-zi
iti ezem-nin-a-zu
mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun
2(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MG 2005.003.0003. 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: Mabee-Gerrer Museum, St. Gergory's University, Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA (P423757) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P423757..

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