Position in chronology
AnOr 01, 076
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101067.
Transliteration
3(disz) ab2-mah2 1(u) 5(disz) gu4-gesz 2(disz) eme3-mah2 ri-ri-ga gu4 diri ka kesz2-ra2 ki kas4-ta kiszib3 ur-szara2 sza13-dub-ba mu amar-suen lugal
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 076. 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 (P101067) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101067..
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