Position in chronology
UCP 09-02-2, 088
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136092.
Transliteration
2(gesz2) sa gi ga2-nun-ta i3-li2-NE kiszib3 ensi2-ka iti diri mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul szul-gi nita kal-ga lugal uri5-ma lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba ur-li9-si4 ensi2 umma ARAD2-zu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UCP 09-02-2, 088. 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: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA (P136092) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136092..
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