Position in chronology
Ontario 1, 122
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124535.
Transliteration
1(disz) gu4 niga 1(disz) gu4 2(disz) masz2-gal niga 1(disz) udu 2(disz) u8 2(disz) masz2-gal 1(disz) sila4 1(disz) sila4 ga ba-usz2 u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam ki szul-gi-a-a-mu-ta szul-gi-iri-mu szu ba-ti iti ezem-szul-gi mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2 2(disz) gu4 9(disz) udu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Ontario 1, 122. 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: Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (P124535) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124535..
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