TMH NF 1-2, 020

~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P134332

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134332.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar <masz2> nu-tuku
ki lugal-a2-zi-da-ta
lugal-isztaran
szu ba-ti
1(disz) lugal-ma2-gur8-re
1(disz) ur-nun-gal
1(disz) ur-nin-urta dub-sar
lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
iti udru
mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
iti gu4-si-su gi4-gi4-dam

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TMH NF 1-2, 020. 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: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Germany (P134332) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P134332..

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