SET 255

~2042 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129665

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129665.

Why it matters

Transliteration

5(u) 7(disz) geme2 3(ban2)
u4 6(disz)-sze3
ki-su7 a-sza3 nun-na-ta
guru7 a-pi4-sal4-sze3
sze zi-ga
ki szesz-saga-ta
kiszib3 lugal-he2-gal2
mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun#
lugal-he2-gal2#
dub-sar
dumu ur-nigar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SET 255. 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: Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California, USA (P129665) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129665..

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