Iraq 22, pl. 18 6 NT 147

~2094 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110467

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110467.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(asz@c)# gu4 5(asz@c) udu
1(barig@c) zi3 sig15
1(barig@c) ninda bar-ra imgaga3
1(barig@c) ninda bar-ra sze
1(u@c) zi-sze3-lam#
3(u@c) ku6 a-gesz-gir5#
1(u@c)# x
[n] x
[...]  [x]
[...]  [x]
[...] x x [...]
[...]
nidba2#? kisal-la# [...]
mu# szul-gi# lugal uri2#-ma#-ke4# en-nam-szita4-szul#-gi-ra-ke4-ba#-gub#-szud3-sag en en-ki eridu#-sze3 in-hun-ga2
iti# kin-inanna

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) ?) — Iraq 22, pl. 18 6 NT 147. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y1 — Šulgi became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P110467) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110467..

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