UET 3, 1539

~2042 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P137865

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137865.

Transliteration

5(disz) ma-na siki garigx(|ZUM.SI|) ak tug2 du
2(u) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na siki-gi
szu-pesz5-a tug2 usz-bar
3(disz) ma-na gu gada du
4(asz) gu2 2(u) 3(disz) ma-na siki mug
ki ugula usz-bar-ra-ke4-ne-ta
szu ti-a ARAD2-nanna
dub-sar e2-kiszib3-ka
e2 nin-gal
mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 1539. 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: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P137865) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137865..

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