Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 477
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104684.
Transliteration
1(gesz2) 3(u) 4(disz) geme2 3(ban2) masz2 zi-da dub-la2-utu gub-ba ugula lu2-bala-saga kiszib3 ur-szara2 sza13-dub-ba iti dumu-zi mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun ur-szara2 dub-sar dumu lugal-[...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 477. 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 (P104684) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104684..
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