Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 368
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104579.
Transliteration
1(asz) gur sze inanna ki ur-en-lil2-la2-ta da#? da-da-mu szu ba-ti iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 5(disz) zal-la mu sza-asz-ru ba-hul lugal-a2-zi-da dub-sar dumu lugal-[engar]-du10 ugula e2 inanna-[ka]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 368. 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 (P104579) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104579..
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