Position in chronology
RA 009, 051 SA 200 (pl. 5)
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127539.
Transliteration
2(disz) udu niga nanna-ra-igi-du2-a 1(disz) udu niga sud3 nansze-GIR2@g-gal maszkim 2(disz) udu niga gu-u2-ut lu2 hu-ur-ti 1(disz) udu niga ra-szi lu2 zi-da-num2 1(disz) udu niga ga-ra-da-du szimaszgi# giri3 lugal-inim-gi-na sukkal iti u4 2(u) 8(disz) ba-zal ki szul-gi-a-a-mu-ta ba-zi sza3 szuruppak iti ezem-an-na mu en nanna ba-hun 7(disz) udu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RA 009, 051 SA 200 (pl. 5). 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: Couvent Sainte-Anne, Jerusalem (P127539) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127539..
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