Syracuse 227

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P130778

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130778.

Transliteration

1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) gu-nigin2 gi-zi
gi SIG7-a u3 ga2-nun-sze3 ga6-ga2
ugula ur-szul-pa-e3
kiszib3 szesz-kal-la
iti [szu]-numun#
mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun
szesz-kal-la
dub-sar
dumu ugu2-du6?

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Syracuse 227. 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 (P130778) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P130778..

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