Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 265
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103110.
Transliteration
2(disz) udu su4?-zi-gi-in4 masz2-szu-gid2-gid2 giri3 ku3-nanna sukkal ARAD2-mu maszkim 1(disz) gukkal 1(disz) amar masz-da3 sza3 e2-gal ki nin-ka gub-ba mu-kux(DU) i3-lal3-lum nu-ur2-iszkur sukkal maszkim u4 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam x x ab-ba-sa6-ga x x iti ezem-an-na mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul 4(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 265. 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 (P103110) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103110..
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