JANES 09, 20 02

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P111767

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111767.

Transliteration

2(disz) gu4 kal-szul-gi
3(disz) gu4 ur-szul-pa-e3
1(disz) gu4 i3-sa6-ga elam
1(disz) ab2 szu-ku-bu-um
nansze-kam ba-na-zi
kiszib3 lu2-bi-ne
tum3-dam
kiszib3 nansze-kam
zi-re-dam
iti u5-bi2-gu7
mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JANES 09, 20 02. 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: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P111767) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111767..

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