SACT 1, 168

~2080 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128923

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128923.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) gu4
3(disz) ab2
3(disz) udu
1(u) la2 1(disz) u8
1(u) 1(disz) masz2
3(disz) ud5
ba-usz2
e2-muhaldim-sze3
u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam
ki in-ta-e3-a-ta
ba-zi
iti ezem-mah
mu en nanna ba-hun
4(disz) gu4 2(u) 6(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 168. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128923) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128923..

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