OIP 121, 064

~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P123794

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123794.

Transliteration

1(disz) sila4 ga
1(disz) kir11 ga
u4 3(disz@t)-kam
u3-tu-da
e2-udu-ka
sza3 nibru
na-lu5 i3-dab5
iti u5-bi2-gu7
mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
2(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 121, 064. 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 (P123794) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P123794..

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