Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 535
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103380.
Transliteration
[1(disz) ma]-na 8(disz) gin2 zabar ki-la2 gal ma-sza-lum NE-x-TAG 1(disz) gir2 x [x] u3-tu-[x] 1(disz) gal [...] 1(disz) ma x [...] 1(disz) [...] nig2-[...] mu-[kux(DU)] giri3 i3-lal3-[lum] lu2-dingir-ra szu ba-ti sza3 puzur4-isz-da-gan iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul 1(disz) ma-na 8(disz) gin2 4(disz) nig2-ka9-ma
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 535. 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 (P103380) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103380..
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