Position in chronology
Orient 16, 064 78
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124698.
Transliteration
1(u) 1(disz) kin2 hi-a ba-zi-ir kin2 szu nu-tuku-a ba-a-gar mu-kux(DU) szara2 ki sza3-ku3-ge-ta kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam ur-e11-e-ka mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul ur-e11-e dub-sar dumu ur-nigar
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Orient 16, 064 78. 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: World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (P124698) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P124698..
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