SACT 1, 021

~2042 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128778

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128778.

Why it matters

Transliteration

5(disz) masz2-gal szimaszgi
1(disz) sila4
u4 2(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
en-dingir-mu
i3-dab5
iti ezem-mah
mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun
6(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 021. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128778) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128778..

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