Position in chronology
TRU 326
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135090.
Transliteration
2(disz) ab2 sag nam-ra-ak ba-ab-gu7 i3-lal3-lum maszkim giri3 za-ni-a iti u4 3(u) ba-zal ki szul-gi-a-a-mu-ta ba-zi iti szu-esz5-sza mu en-mah-gal-an-[na] en nanna ba-hun 2(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — TRU 326. 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: Institut Catholique, Paris, France (P135090) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135090..
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