NATN 927

~2041 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P121624

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121624.

Transliteration

5(u) 7(disz) gu-la2
ba-ba#-a
ugula ka#-tar
5(u) 6(disz) e2-pa-e3
2(u) 5(disz) e-la-ak-nu-id
2(u) 5(disz) ku-ku
1(u) 5(disz) ip-qu2-sza
2(u) lu2-tum-al
1(u) 7(disz) lu2-gir-gi4-lu
1(u) 7(disz) lugal-ezem
ugula szesz-gu4-KU
mu-kux(DU) iti sig4 u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NATN 927. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y6 — Šašru destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P121624) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121624..

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