Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 918
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103763.
Transliteration
4(disz) har ku3-babbar 5(disz) gin2-ta ARAD2-nanna dumu da-da gala-ke4 u4 lugal-mu e2 da-da gala-ka kasz i3-nag-ga2-a in-ba ki puzur4-er3-ra-ta ba-zi sza3 uri5-ma iti masz-da3-ku3-gu7 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, 918. 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 (P103763) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103763..
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