Position in chronology
RA 009, 049 AM 007
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127443.
Transliteration
1(disz) sila4 lu2-nin-szubur u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam mu-kux(DU) ab-ba-sa6#-ga i3-dab5 iti masz-da3-gu7 mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun 1(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — RA 009, 049 AM 007. 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: Erzabtei St. Martin zu Beuron, Beuron, Germany (P127443) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P127443..
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