Position in chronology
ASJ 18, 080 14
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102643.
Transliteration
8(gesz2) 2(u) sa ma-nu gu-nigin2-ba# 2(u) sa-ta ki da-ga#-mu-ta kiszib3 lugal-gu4-e e2 GAN2 e2 da-na-ka kux(KWU147)-ra giri3 ur-am3-ma mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun lugal-gu4-e# dumu ur-nigar dub-sar
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ASJ 18, 080 14. 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 (P102643) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102643..
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