Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 231
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104450.
Transliteration
2(disz) gu4 ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta en-lil2-la2 i3-dab5 iti ezem-me-ki-gal2 mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul en-lil2-la2 dumu i3-kal-la sipa gu4 niga
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 231. 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 (P104450) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104450..
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