Georgica 5.05

~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P109430

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109430.

Why it matters

Transliteration

4(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
a2 lu2 hun-ga2 sahar-ra
ki-su7 a-sza3 i3-szum2-ta
ki ARAD2-ta
kiszib3 nig2-u2-rum
mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
nig2-u2-[rum]
dub-sar
dumu nanna-[i3-zu]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Georgica 5.05. 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: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P109430) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109430..

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