SACT 2, 089

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129046

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129046.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 3(disz)-sze3
sze ma2-a si-ga
u4 1(u) 5(disz)-sze3 ma2 gid2-da
ma2 diri-ga
u4 2(disz)-sze3 ba-al-la
u4 2(disz)-sze3 sze bala-a
u4 1(disz)-sze3 IM u18-da da-a
ki-sur-ra-ta
e2-da-na-sze3
a2 ka-sahar-ra-ta
ugula lu2-giri17-zal
mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 089. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P129046) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129046..

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