Position in chronology
TCL 02, 5565
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131654.
Transliteration
2(disz) gesz usan3 sa la2-a an-na-tal lu2 ur-kisz u4 ur-kisz-ta i3-im-gen-na-a in-ba giri3 lugal-inim-gi-na sukkal ARAD2-nanna sukkal-mah maszkim ki di-ku5-mi-szar-ta ba-zi sza3 puzur4-isz-da-gan iti ezem-me-ki-gal2 mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2 2(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCL 02, 5565. 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: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P131654) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131654..
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