SACT 2, 159

~2042 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129116

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129116.

Why it matters

Transliteration

5(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) sa gi 1(u) 3(disz)-ta
gi SIG7-a ur-mes
en-du8-du-ta
gu2 i7 TUM?
gi# ga6-ga2
ugula ur-mes
kiszib3 ur-zabala3
mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun
ur-zabala3#
dub-[sar]
aga3#-us2 lugal?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 159. 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 (P129116) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129116..

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