Georgica 8.2.1

~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109458

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109458.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(gesz2) 5(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
u4-tusz-a ug3-IL2
a2 sag-nig2-gur11-ra-ta
engar dumu engar u3-ub-ta-zi
ib2-tak4-ba u4-tusz-a i3-ib2-de6
ki bu3-lu5-lu5-ta
ba-zi
mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Georgica 8.2.1. 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 (P109458) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109458..

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