ASJ 09, 255 38

~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P102314

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102314.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[n] n 5(u) udu
ur#-lamma ensi2
1(gesz2)#? 1(u) gu4
1(u) la2 1(disz) ab2
3(gesz2) 1(u) 7(disz) udu
4(gesz2) 3(u) masz2
1(gesz2) 5(disz) ud5
bala-a zi-ga
ki szara2-kam-ta
ur-lamma ensi2 gir2-su i3-dab5
giri3#! ka5#-a-mu
iti# ezem#-me-ki-gal2
[mu] gu-za en-lil2#-la2 ba-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 09, 255 38. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (P102314) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102314..

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