Position in chronology
AnOr 01, 075
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101066.
Transliteration
5(gesz2) 3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-[sze3] gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 zar3 tab-ba 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 ki-su7-ka gub-[ba] kiszib3 nam-sza3-tam a-gu-gu inim ur-e11-e-ta mu amar-suen lugal lugal-ezem dub-sar dumu da-da
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 075. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Amar-Suen y1 — Amar-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (P101066) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101066..
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