Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 823
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103668.
Transliteration
1(u) 6(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2 u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam giri3 ur-su4!-an-na ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta szu-er3-ra i3-dab5 iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun 1(u) 7(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 823. 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 (P103668) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103668..
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