Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 184
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104002.
Transliteration
1(disz) udu hur-sag 1(u) 5(disz) dara4-nita2 2(disz) dara4-nita2 szu-gid2 3(disz) dara4-munus 1(disz) dara4-munus szu-gid2 u4 2(disz)-kam ki a-ba-sa6-ga-ta s,e-lu-usz-da-gan i3-dab5 kiszib3 szu-ha-li-ab iti ses-da-gu7 mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun 2(u) 1(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 184. 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 (P104002) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104002..
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