NYPL 110

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P122646

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P122646.

Transliteration

2(disz) amar gu4 sze-bi 2(barig) sze-[ta]
lugal-szu-nir-re engar
2(disz) amar gur4 2(barig) sze
ur-nigar engar
1(disz) amar gu4 1(barig) sze
ur-szara2 engar
1(disz) amar ansze 3(ban2)
a-kal-la engar
sza3-gal amar engar-ra
ki e2-gal-e-si-ta
kiszib3 inim-szara2
mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun
inim-szara2
dumu da-a-ga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NYPL 110. 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: New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA (P122646) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P122646..

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