HSS 68, 518

~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P407486

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P407486.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) [...]
1(u) sila4 kin-gi4-a
2(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) sila4
2(u) 3(disz) u8
1(u) kir11
1(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) masz2
4(disz) asz2-gar3
szu la2-a giri3 szu-da-gan
[...] i3-dab5
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta ba-zi
iti ezem-mah#
mu gu-za [en]-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
7(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HSS 68, 518. 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 (P407486) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P407486..

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