Syracuse 135

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130686

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130686.

Transliteration

1(disz) sze-[...]-x-NIG2 tu#-ra
iti pa4-[u2-e u4] 1(u) 5(disz)
ba-ra-zal-[la-ta]
1(disz) ur-lu2-lal3
en-nu-ga2 ti-la!
u3 tu-ra
iti ezem-szul-gi-ta
iti dumu-zi-sze3
ugula ur-gigir szabra
kiszib3 szesz-kal-la
mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun
lugal-nig2-lagar-e
dub-sar
dumu da-da

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 135. 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 (P130686) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130686..

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