Position in chronology
SACT 1, 152
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128907.
Transliteration
3(u) la2 1(disz) udu niga szu-a gi-na u4 3(u) la2 1(disz)-kam 1(disz) udu niga e2-u4 1(u) 5(disz) iti u4 1(u) 2(disz) ba-zal 1(disz) udu niga e2-u4-sakar iti u4 2(u) 7(disz) ba-zal sa2-du11 szul-gi-ra ki szul-gi-a-a-mu-ta ba-zi iti ezem-szul-gi mu en-mah-gal-an-na en nanna ba-hun 3(u) 1(disz) udu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 152. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128907) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128907..
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