Syracuse 206

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130757

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130757.

Transliteration

5(u) kusz udu niga
4(u) 5(disz) kusz masz2-gal
kusz i3-ri2-na
1(u) kusz udu niga babbar2
1(gesz2) 5(disz) kusz udu babbar2
ki ur#?-gu2-de3-na-ta
e2-a kux(KWU147)-ra
kiszib3 nin-me-lam2
iti li9-si4
mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun
nin-me-lam2
dam ur-li9-si4
ensi2
umma

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 206. 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: Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York, USA (P130757) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130757..

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