Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 603
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103448.
Transliteration
2(disz) gu4 1(disz) ab2 2(u) udu 1(u) masz2-gal kasz-de2-a be-li2-a-ri2-ik ki-ba ga2-ga2-dam u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta a-hu-we-er i3-dab5 iti ezem-mah mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun 3(disz) gu4 3(u) udu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 603. 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 (P103448) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103448..
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