MVN 21, 052

~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P120289

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P120289.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1/2(disz) gu-za-ni
lunga szul-gi-ra-sze3
1(disz) lu2-igi-sa6-sa6 agar4-nigin2-sze3
iti dal
1(disz) lu2-szara2
sa-ra-du-sze3
iti e2-iti-6(disz)
mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2-ta
kiszib3 a-kal-la nu-banda3
ugula in-sa6-sa6
mu en-mah-gal-an-na nanna ba-hun-ga2-sze3
a-kal-la
dub-sar
dumu ur-nigar szusz3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — MVN 21, 052. 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: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P120289) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P120289..

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