Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 234
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104052.
Transliteration
8(disz) udu 2(u) 2(disz) u8 3(disz) masz2 7(disz) ud5 szu-gid2 1(u) la2 1(disz) udu 5(disz) u8 1(u) la2 1(disz) masz2 2(disz) ud5 ba-usz2 e2-muhaldim-sze3 u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam ki in-ta-e3-a-ta ba-zi iti ezem-me-ki-gal2 mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun 1(gesz2) 5(disz) udu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 234. 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 (P104052) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104052..
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