Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 384
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103229.
Transliteration
2(disz) gu4 1(u) udu giri3 lu2-giri17-zal e2-gu4-ta lu2-ma-lik ib2-gi-ne2 iti a2-ki-ti 1(disz) gu4 niga mu ab2 2(disz) ur-ba-ba6 iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul 1(disz) ab2 mu dub ur-ba-ba6-ka ki ur-szu-ga-lam-ma-sze3 kiszib3 ab-ba-sa6-ga szu ba-ti iti ezem-mah ur-ba-ba6 dumu dingir-a i3-dab5
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 384. 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 (P103229) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103229..
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