AUCT 2, 284

~2099 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104102

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104102.

Why it matters

Transliteration

3(u) 1(disz) ab2 1(u) 1(disz) gu4
sza3 nam-ra-ak
6(disz) gu4 didli sza3 tum-al
ur-lamma ensi2 gir2-su i3-dab5
iti ezem-szul-gi
1(u) 5(disz) gu4 niga 6(disz) ab2
ha-ba-lu5-<ge2> ensi2 adab i3-dab5
iti ses-da-gu7
mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
[ki] in#-ta-e3-a-ta
[ur-ku3]-nun-na i3-dab5

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 284. 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: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P104102) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104102..

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