Position in chronology
Aegyptus 29, 105, 31
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100264.
Transliteration
2(disz) udu niga 3(disz) udu a-lum u4 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta u2-ta2-mi-szar-ra-am i3-dab5 iti szu-esz5-sza mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Aegyptus 29, 105, 31. 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 (P100264) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P100264..
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