Position in chronology
CUSAS 16, 301
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416209.
Transliteration
1(disz) lulim-nita2 1(disz) amar lulim-nita2 ga 1(disz) amar lulim-munus ga 1(disz) masz2 a-dara4 1(disz) masz2 ga a-dara4 ba-usz2 u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta ur-nigar szu ba-ti iti ses-da-gu7 mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 16, 301. 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: Columbia University Library, New York, New York, USA (P416209) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P416209..
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