Position in chronology
ViOr 8/1, 050
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P141992.
Transliteration
3(asz) sze gur [lugal] la2-ia3 su-ga sze-numun ki lugal-ku3-ga-ni-ta lugal-he2-gal2 szu ba-ti kiszib3 ur-[...] mu amar-suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum mu-hul ur-[...] dub-[sar] dumu lugal-[...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — ViOr 8/1, 050. 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: Università Pontificia Salesiana, Rome, Italy (P141992) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P141992..
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