PPAC 4, 254

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P332166

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332166.

Transliteration

5(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15
5(disz) sila3 esza
2(ban2) zi3-gu
5(ban2) kasz du
5(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
zi-ga szu-nir gu2-edin-na
ki ku3-ga-ni-ta
kiszib3 ur-e11-e
mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun
ur-e11-e
dub-sar
dumu ur-nigar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — PPAC 4, 254. 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: Couvent Saint-Etienne, Jerusalem (P332166) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P332166..

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