Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 530
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103375.
Transliteration
1(gesz2) 5(u) 4(disz) gu4 niga 1(gesz2) gu4 1(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 2(disz) udu 1(u) x kun#-gid2 2(gesz2) [n x] u8 4(u) [n x] kun#-gid2 5(disz) [x x] x u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta szul-gi-a-a-mu i3-dab5 iti u5-bi2-gu7 mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul-a 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 4(u) 3(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 530. 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 (P103375) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103375..
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