Syracuse 035

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130586

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130586.

Transliteration

2(gesz2) 3(u) 4(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) <nig2>-ar3-ra gur lugal
sze-bi 1(gesz2) 5(u) 6(asz) 1(barig) gur
sza3-gal amar du3-a bu3-du
ki ur-e11-e-ta
kiszib3 a-tu
giri3 ur-szu-zi-an-ka
mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun
x 5(u) 5(disz) za?
a-tu
dub-sar
dumu szesz-kal-la

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 035. 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: Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York, USA (P130586) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130586..

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