SACT 1, 167

~2080 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128922

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128922.

Transliteration

4(disz) gu4#
3(disz) ab2
1(u) 5(disz) udu
1(u) 5(disz) masz2
szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
u4 2(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
ki in-ta-e3-a-ta ba-zi
iti szu-esz5-sza
mu en nanna ba-hun
7(disz) gu4 3(u) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 167. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128922) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128922..

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