SACT 1, 147

~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128902

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128902.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(u) u8
2(u) masz2
2(u) 5(disz) ud5
szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
1(disz) gu4 5(disz) udu
5(disz) masz2 ba-usz2
mu ur-gi7-ra-sze3
szu-i3-li2 sipa ur-gi7-ra-ke4 szu ba-ti
ugula i3-lal3-lum
u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam
ki in-ta-e3-a-ta ba-zi
iti diri ezem-me-ki-gal2 us2-sa
mu gu-za [en-lil2-la2] ba-dim2
1(gesz2) 6(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 147. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128902) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128902..

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