Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 429
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103274.
Transliteration
1(u) 7(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze sa-szi ku3-babbar gesz dub2-ba ku3-sig17-ta mu-kux(DU) lu2-dingir-ra szu ba-ti sza3 tum-ma-al iti szu-esz5-sza mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul 1(u) 7(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 429. 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: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103274) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103274..
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