AnOr 07, 207

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101502

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101502.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) szer7-ru-um
ki-la2-bi 1(u) 4(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2
ki ur-szul-pa-e3-ta#
ma2 hu-[...]
kiszib3 in-[sa6]-sa6#
iti li9-si4#
mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun
in-sa6#-[sa6]
dumu bi2-du11 [muhaldim]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 207. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y4 — En-unugal of Inanna installed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101502) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101502..

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