Position in chronology
Aegyptus 27, 034 23
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100256.
Transliteration
3(disz) udu-nita2 ba-usz2 ki bi2-da-ta kiszib3 ur-e11-e usz-bar udu ur4-de3 ib2-gu7 iti dumu-zi mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun ur-e11-e dub-sar dumu ur-nigar
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aegyptus 27, 034 23. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y4 — En-unugal of Inanna installed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Museo di Antichità di Torino, Turin, Italy (P100256) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100256..
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