TRU 313

~2042 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P135077

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135077.

Transliteration

1(u) la2 1(disz) udu mu-kux(DU) szar-ru-um-i3-li2 nu-banda3
1(disz) udu mu-kux(DU) na-bi2-suen masz2-szu-gid2-gid2
en-lil2 nin-lil2
ARAD2-mu maszkim
u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta ba-zi
[iti szu]-esz5-sza
[mu] en-mah-gal-[an]-na en nanna ba-hun
1(u)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TRU 313. 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: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P135077) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135077..

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