Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 342
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104160.
Transliteration
[x] 1(disz) udu# iti# [masz]-da3-gu7 3(u) udu iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu 4(u) 6(disz) udu iti szu-esz5-sza 1(u) 5(disz) gu4 iti ezem-an-na 5(u) udu nig2-mu10-us2-sa2 e2 zabar-dab5-sze3 szunigin 1(u) 5(disz) gu4 szunigin 3(gesz2) 7(disz) udu bar-ta gal2-la ki ur-ku3-nun-na-ta ba-zi mu [amar-suen lugal-e] ur-bi2-[lum mu-hul]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 342. 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 (P104160) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104160..
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