Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 518
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103363.
Transliteration
1(disz) amar masz-da3 mu-kux(DU) ensi2 gir13-tab 1(disz) sila4 mu-kux(DU) lugal-ma2-gur8-re e2-uz-ga ur-ba-ba6 maszkim u4 2(u) la2 1(disz)-kam ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta ba-zi iti ezem-me-ki-gal2 mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun 2(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 518. 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 (P103363) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103363..
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