AUCT 2, 027

~2097 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P103846

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103846.

Why it matters

Transliteration

3(disz) u8 u2
2(disz) ud5 u2
szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
mu aga3-[us2 a]-tu5#-a ka [e2-gal-la]-sze3 kux(KWU636)-[ra-ne]-sze3
giri3# nanna-ma-[ba]
u3 pu3-um-wa-qar dub-sar
iti masz-da3-gu7
mu en inanna unu-ga masz-e i3-pa3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 027. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y16 — The en-priestess of Inanna of Uruk was chosen based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103846) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103846..

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