MVN 13, 358

~2098 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P117130

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P117130.

Why it matters

Transliteration

3(gesz2) 3(u) [geme2] u4 1(disz)-sze3
a-e3-a uku2-na-ti-ka gub-ba
ugula ur-nin-tu#
kiszib3 szesz-[kal-la]
iti sig4-i3-szub-ba-ga2-ra
mu us2-sa gu-za en-lil2-la2 [ba-dim2]
szesz-kal-la
dub-sar
dumu tir-gu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 13, 358. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y15 — Year after: The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P117130) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P117130..

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