Position in chronology
SACT 2, 250
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129207.
Transliteration
1(disz) ab2 mu 2(disz) sag ab2-mah2-sze3 su-su-u2-da ur4-ra kiszib3 lugal-ku3-zu nu-banda3 mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul lugal-ku3#-zu# dub-sar# dumu lugal-nig2-lagar-[e]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 2, 250. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P129207) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P129207..
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