Position in chronology
AnOr 01, 079
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101070.
Transliteration
2(disz) 2/3(disz) sar kin sahar pa4 a-da-ga a-sza3 ka-ma-ri2 ba-al-la ugula da-du-mu kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam ur-gigir szabra mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2#-lum mu-hul ur-gigir dub-sar dumu bar#?-ra#-[an?]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 079. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y2 — Urbilum destroyed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (P101070) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101070..
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