Position in chronology
Hermitage 3, 539
Translation · reference
ExperimentalSource: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212306.
Why it matters
Transliteration
zi-ga u4 3(u)-kam iti ezem-mah mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2 szul-gi nita kal-ga lugal uri5-ma szara2-kam dub-sar dumu inim-szara2 sa12-du5 lugal-ka ARAD2-zu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 539. 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: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P212306) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212306..
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