Position in chronology
OIP 121, 040
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123770.
Transliteration
[1(disz) udu] niga# saga# [1(disz)] masz2#-gal niga saga szimaszgi en-lil2 nin-lil2 nansze-GIR2@g-gal maszkim iti u4 6(disz) ba-zal sza3 tum-ma-al ki szul-gi-a-a-mu-ta ba-zi iti# szu-esz-sza mu# gu-za en-[lil2]-la2# [ba]-dim2 [x] 2(disz)#
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 121, 040. 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 (P123770) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123770..
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