OIP 121, 230

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123960

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123960.

Transliteration

4(disz) sila4
u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
in-ta-e3-<a>
i3-dab5
iti# a2#-ki-ti
mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun
4(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 121, 230. 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 (P123960) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123960..

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