SACT 1, 171

~2080 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128926

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128926.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(u) 5(disz) udu
2(u) masz2-gal
1(u) ud5
szu-gid2 gir4-ta ba-sze6
mu aga3-us2-e-ne-sze3
lugal uri5-sze3 du-ni
ma2-a ba-a-gar
ARAD2-mu maszkim
iti u4 3(u) la2 1(disz) ba-zal
ki szul-gi-a-a-mu-ta ba-zi
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu en nanna ba-hun
4(u) 5(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 171. 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 (P128926) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128926..

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