Position in chronology
SACT 2, 120
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129077.
Transliteration
1(esze3) 4(iku) GAN2 tug2-gurx(|SZE.KIN|) 1(bur3) GAN2-ta a2-bi u4 3(u)-kam 1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 gesz-ur3-ra a-ra2 2(disz) 1(esze3) GAN2-ta a2-bi u4 2(u) 4(disz) a-sza3 ugur2-tur a-sza3 la2-mah ugula ur-mes kiszib3 gu-du-du mu en-unu6-gal []inanna# ba-hun inim-szara2 dub-sar dumu ur-nigar[] szusz3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 120. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P129077) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129077..
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