Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 959
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103804.
Transliteration
2(disz) a-gug2#-PI# ku3-babbar ki-la2-[bi] 1(u) 3(disz) sze 2(disz) x-szu ku3-babbar sur-sur-ra nig2-be6-lu5-da isin2?-sze3 sig4-te-la2-ni lu2 bu3-bu3-ga2 szu ba-ti ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta ba-zi sza3 puzur4-isz-da-gan iti a2-ki-ti mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul 1(u) 3(disz) sze 4(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 959. 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 (P103804) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103804..
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