Position in chronology
OIP 121, 367
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124097.
Transliteration
2(disz) ab2 1(u) 2(disz) udu 3(disz) masz2 szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim-sze3 2(disz) ab2 5(disz) udu 5(disz) masz2 ur-gi7-re gu7-de3 i3-la-ti sipa ur-gi7-ra-ke4 i3-dab5 ugula i3-lal3-lum ARAD2-mu maszkim ki in-ta-e3-a-ta ba-zi iti ezem-me-ki-gal2 mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2 3(u) la2 1(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 121, 367. 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 (P124097) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124097..
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