Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 568
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103413.
Transliteration
3(disz) udu niga sa2-du11 ku5-ra2 u4 6(disz)-kam 3(disz) udu niga mu-kux(DU) u4 7(disz)-kam na-lu5 i3-dab5 iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu en-unu6-gal <inanna> ba-hun
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 568. 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: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103413) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103413..
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