CST 309

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P107824

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107824.

Transliteration

1(u) 2(disz) udu niga
mu szagina-e-ne-sze3
7(disz) udu
3(disz) u8
szu-gid2 mu aga3-us2-e-ne-sze3
e2-muhaldim-sze3
szul-[...]
iti u4 1(u) ba-zal
ki na-lu5-ta
ba-zi
sza3 nibru
iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun
2(u) 2(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CST 309. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y4 — En-unugal of Inanna installed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P107824) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P107824..

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