Georgica 7.08

~2046 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109452

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109452.

Transliteration

1(u) gurusz u4 2(disz)-sze3 ma2 kesz2-ra2
u4 1(u) 4(disz)-sze3 ma2 gid2-da ma2 diri-ga
u4 2(disz)-sze3
ma2 ba-al-la
nibru a-ra2 1(disz)-kam
5(disz) gurusz u4 2(disz)-sze3 sze ma2-a si-ga
u4 8(disz)-sze3 ma2 diri-ga gid2-da
u4 5(disz)-sze3 ma2 ba-al-la
uri5-sze3
ugula ur-en-lil2-la2
kiszib3 lugal-iti-da
mu amar-suen lugal ur-bi2-i3-lum mu-hul
lugal-iti-da
nu-banda3-gu4
dumu giri3-ni

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Georgica 7.08. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y1 — Amar-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P109452) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109452..

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