Position in chronology
OIP 121, 441
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124171.
Transliteration
[2(disz)] udu# niga en-lil2 [1(disz)] udu niga gu-za 1(disz) masz2-gal niga hur-sag-ga-lam-ma 2(disz) udu niga nin-lil2 2(disz) udu niga 2(disz) masz2-gal niga kiri6-mah nansze-GIR2@g-gal maszkim iti u4 1(u) 7(disz) ba-zal ki na-lu5-ta ba-zi sza3 nibru iti# ezem-nin-a-zu mu# gu-za en-lil2#-la2 ba-dim2 1(u)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 121, 441. 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 (P124171) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124171..
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