Position in chronology
Tavolette 188
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131974.
Transliteration
1(disz) sila4 sa3-si2 1(disz) sila4 ensi2 adab 1(disz) sila4 nu-i3-da u4 3(disz)-kam mu-kux(DU) ab-ba-sa6-ga i3-dab5 iti ezem-nin-a-zu mu en-unu6-gal inanna ba-hun 3(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Tavolette 188. 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: Museo di Antichità di Torino, Turin, Italy (P131974) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P131974..
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