TCND 098

~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P133868

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P133868.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 7(disz) gu4
1(gesz2) 1(u) la2 1(disz) ab2
3(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz) udu szimaszgi
1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 5(u) 7(disz) u8 szimaszgi
3(u) 3(disz) masz2 szimaszgi
7(gesz2) 6(disz) ud5 szimaszgi
u4 8(disz)-kam
ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta
lu2-dingir-ra i3-dab5
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TCND 098. 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: Museo di Antichità di Torino, Turin, Italy (P133868) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P133868..

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