Position in chronology
AAICAB 1/2, pl. 127, 1971-283
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248798.
Transliteration
1(u) 5(disz) gu4 2(disz) gu4 mu 2(asz) 2(u) ab2 3(disz) ab2 mu 2(asz) 8(gesz2) u8 szimaszgi 2(gesz2) udu szimaszgi 5(gesz2) ud5 szimaszgi mu-kux(DU) lugal ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta ur-nin-kur-ra ensi2 szuruppak i3-dab5 iti szu-esz5-sza mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun 4(u) gu4 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) udu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 127, 1971-283. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y5 — En-maḫgalanna en-priest of Nanna installed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P248798) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248798..
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