SACT 1, 199

~2080 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P128954

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128954.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz) ud5 1(disz) sila4#?
ur-ba-ba6 lu2#? [...]
sza3 uri5-[ma]
1(disz) udu e2 nanna-sze3
1(disz) udu ma2-a gub-ba
szara2-kam
1(disz) udu e2 nanna-sze3
ab-ba-sa6-ga
sza3 ga-esz
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu en nanna ba-[hun]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 199. 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 (P128954) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128954..

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