Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 209
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103055.
Transliteration
1(disz) gu4 niga nin-sun2 iti u4 1(disz) ba-zal 2(disz) gu4 niga iti u4 1(u) 2(disz) ba-zal 1(disz) gu4 niga iti u4 1(u) 3(disz) ba-zal en-ki-nin-ul-gur3 1(disz) gu4 niga ul-ma-szi-tum 2(disz) gu4 niga an-nu-ni-tum iti u4 1(u) 7(disz) ba-zal 1(disz) gu4 niga nin-hur-sag nu-banda3 iti u4 2(u) ba-zal bala nanna-zi-sza3-gal2 ensi2 gir2-su ki ur-szu-ga-lam-ma-ta ba-zi iti masz-da3-gu7 mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 209. 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: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103055) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103055..
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