Position in chronology
OIP 121, 584
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124314.
Transliteration
7(disz) u8 giri3 du10-i3-li2 5(disz) masz2 5(disz) ud5 giri3 lugal-ezem mu-kux(DU) u4 1(u) 6(disz@t)-kam ur-ku3-nun-na i3-dab5 iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2 1(u) 7(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — OIP 121, 584. 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 (P124314) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124314..
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