USC 6529

~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235344

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235344.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[n] 4(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 9(disz) sila3# [n] gin2# sze-numun mur-gu4 gur
[n] 2(asz)# 3(barig) sze gur
a2# lu2 hun-ga2 a-sza3-ga
1(u)# 2(asz) sze gur
a2 lu2 hun-ga2 sahar
ki ARAD2-ta
ugu2 gu2-tar ba-a-gar#
kiszib3# ur-szara2 sza13-dub-ba
iti# apin?-du8#?-a
mu gu-za en#-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
ur-szara2
dub-sar
dumu lugal-uszur4#?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — USC 6529. 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: Archaeological Research Collection, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA (P235344) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235344..

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