HLC 342 (pl. 048)

~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110213

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110213.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1/2(disz) ma-na 3(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 la2 1(u) sze ku3-babbar
lu2-iri-sag
5(disz) gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2 1(u) 3(disz) sze
lu2-dingir-ra dumu lu2-ba-ba6
1/3(disz) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 la2 1(u) sze
sa6-sa6-ga dumu ba-a
gir2-su-ta
ki igi-zu-bar-ra-ta
e2-gal-la ba-an-kux(KWU147)
giri3 gu3-de2-a dumu ur-lamma
sza3 uri5
iti ezem-dumu-zi
mu gu-<za> en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 342 (pl. 048). 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 (P110213) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110213..

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