Syracuse 081

~2042 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130632

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130632.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) gurusz sza3-[gu4?]
u4 1(disz)-sze3
a-sza3 gid2-da
a du11-ga
ugula lugal-an-dul3? x
GAN2 a-gu-gu szabra
kiszib3 inim-szara2
mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun-ga2
inim-szara2
dub-sar
dumu ur-nigar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 081. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y5 — En-maḫgalanna en-priest of Nanna installed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York, USA (P130632) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130632..

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