Position in chronology
AnOr 07, 276
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101571.
Transliteration
1(u) gurusz engar dumu-ni 6(disz) gurusz sza3-gu4 gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a 2(disz) gurusz sag engar-ra sag lu2 hun-ga2-sze3 gub-ba gurum2 u4 8(disz)-kam a-sza3 KA-x x iti sig4-i3-szub-ga2-ra-gal2-la mu us2-sa amar-suen lugal
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 276. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y2 — Year after: Amar-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101571) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101571..
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