Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 190
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103036.
Transliteration
1(disz) sila4 e2-uz-ga mu-kux(DU) i3-lal3-lum ur-ba-ba6 maszkim 2(disz) masz2 nar-munus zabar-dab5-me ba-ba-an-sze-[en sagi] 2(disz) gu4 [...] szu-gid2 e2 [muhaldim] u4 4(disz)-[kam] ki ab-ba-sa6-[ga]-ta ba-zi iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul 3(u)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 190. 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: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103036) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103036..
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