AUCT 1, 716

~2080 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103561

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103561.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 en-lil2
mu-kux(DU) ARAD2-mu
szul-gi-iri-mu maszkim
u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
ba-zi
iti ses-da-gu7
mu en nanna ba-hun-ga2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 716. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y15 — The en-priest of Nanna was installed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103561) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103561..

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