Georgica 3.05

~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109410

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109410.

Why it matters

Transliteration

5(u) gurusz sza3-gu4
al ak 5(disz) sar-ta
3(u) gurusz kiszi17 ku5 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta
a-sza3 i7 lugal
3(u) 5(disz) gurusz al
6(disz) sar-ta
2(u) gurusz [kiszi17 ku5]-ra2 2(u) sar-ta
da sza3-gu4-ta gur-ra
a-sza3 muru13
ugula gu2-tar
kiszib3 a-kal-la
mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
a-kal-[la]
dub-[sar]
[dumu lu2-sa6-ga]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Georgica 3.05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P109410) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109410..

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