HS 2259

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235945

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235945.

Transliteration

2(disz)? dur3 niga
bi ad a x su x ga2-ni?
x x x ki ba-ga2-ga2
1(u) 5(disz) masz-da3
u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
lu2-dingir-ra
i3-dab5
iti# ezem-me-ki-gal2
mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun
1(u) 5(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HS 2259. 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: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P235945) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235945..

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