Position in chronology
Princeton 2, 357
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201356.
Transliteration
1(disz) amar masz-da3 e2-a-du-du sza3 e2 en-lil2-la2 mu-kux(DU) nu-hi-dingir ra2-gaba u4 2(u) 9(disz)-kam ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta ba-zi iti masz2-da3-gu7 mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun 1(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 2, 357. 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: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (P201356) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P201356..
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