SACT 2, 120

~2043 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P129077

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129077.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(esze3) 4(iku) GAN2 tug2-gurx(|SZE.KIN|) 1(bur3) GAN2-ta
a2-bi u4 3(u)-kam
1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 2(disz) 1(esze3) GAN2-ta
a2-bi u4 2(u) 4(disz)
a-sza3 ugur2-tur a-sza3 la2-mah
ugula ur-mes
kiszib3 gu-du-du
mu en-unu6-gal []inanna# ba-hun
inim-szara2
dub-sar
dumu ur-nigar[] szusz3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 120. 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 (P129077) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129077..

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