TRU 227

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134991

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134991.

Transliteration

2(disz) masz2 ga a-dara4
ba-usz2 sza3 u3-tu-da
u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam
ki tu-ra-am-da-gan-ta
szul-gi-iri-mu
szu ba-ti
giri3 [nig2-mu-mu]-kal#-le
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun
2(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TRU 227. 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: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P134991) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134991..

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