NYPL 165

~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P122703

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P122703.

Transliteration

1(u) 2(disz) kusz udu
sa-bi 1/3(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2
ad6-bi ur-gi7-re ba-ab-gu7
ugula i3-lal3-lum
ki lu2-dingir-ra dumu inim-szara2-ta
mu-kux(DU)
nu-ur2-suen
szu ba-ti
iti szu-esz5-sza
mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NYPL 165. 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: New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA (P122703) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P122703..

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