Position in chronology
ASJ 18, 075 06
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102635.
Transliteration
2(disz) sila4# en inanna 1(disz) sila4# esz18#-dar#-il6#-szu# 1(disz) sila4# a-li2-ah u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam mu-kux(DU) ab-ba-sa6#-ga# i3-dab5 iti# a2#-ki#-ti mu# en-unu6#-gal# inanna ba-hun# 4(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 18, 075 06. 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: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA (P102635) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102635..
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