JCS 10, 030 10

~2080 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P111904

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111904.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz) har ku3-babbar 8(disz) gin2-ta
sza3-ta-ku3-zu sukkal
mu silim-ma a-bi2-si2-im-ti
[unu]-ta mu-de6-a-sze3
2(disz) har ku3-babbar 8(disz) gin2-ta
sza3 e2-gal-sze3
la-i3-li2-isz [maszkim]
ki puzur4-er3-ra-ta
ba-zi
sza3 iri-sa12-rig7
iti u5-bi2-gu7
mu en nanna ba-hun
4(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 10, 030 10. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y15 — The en-priest of Nanna was installed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P111904) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111904..

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