Tavolette 202

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P131988

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131988.

Transliteration

1(disz) udu niga 1(disz) udu u2
1(disz) masz2 u4-sakar gu-la
1(disz) udu niga 2(disz) udu u2
2(disz) masz2 gigir u4 6(disz)
1(disz) udu niga 4(disz) udu u2
1(disz) masz2 gigir u4 7(disz)
1(disz) udu niga 2(disz) udu u2
a2 u4-da
1(disz) udu niga 1(disz) udu u2
e2-mah
sa2-du11 szara2
ki a-lu5-lu5-ta
iti dumu-zi
mu en-unu6-[gal inanna ba-hun]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Tavolette 202. 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: Museo di Antichità di Torino, Turin, Italy (P131988) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131988..

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