ASJ 09, 233 03

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P102279

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102279.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(barig) sze gibil gur
e2-kikken-gibil-ta
3(gesz2) sze gur
ka i7-da-ta
sze-bi bala-a
kiszib3 bi2-du11-ga
ARAD2 szu ba-ti
giri3 lugal-nig2-lagar-e
iti pa4-u2-e
mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun
ARAD2-mu
dub-sar#
dumu ur-nigar#[ szusz3]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 09, 233 03. 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: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (P102279) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102279..

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