Position in chronology
AnOr 07, 004
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101299.
Transliteration
2(u) la2 1(disz@t) gu4 hi-a mu gu4-gesz-ka-sze3 mu-kux(DU) nir-i3-da-gal2 e2-gal-ta e2-u6-e ensi2 i3-dab5 iti ezem-szul-gi mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul szul-gi nita kal-ga lugal uri5-ma lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba e2-[u6-e] ensi2# ARAD2-[zu]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 004. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y6 — Šašru destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101299) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101299..
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