HSS 04, 123

~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110396

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110396.

Why it matters

Transliteration

3(gesz2) 4(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) sze gur lugal
kiszib3 amar-szuba3
2(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur
kiszib3 lu2-kal-kal
ki ur-sag-ub3-ta
si-du3
szu ba-ti
iti amar-a-a-si-ta
iti diri sze-sag11-ku5-sze3
mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 04, 123. 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: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P110396) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110396..

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