Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 035
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102881.
Transliteration
1(disz) udu niga iti u4 1(disz) ba-zal 1(disz) udu niga iti u4 2(disz) ba-zal 1(disz) udu niga iti u4 3(disz) ba-zal 1(disz) udu niga iti u4 4(disz) ba-zal 1(disz) udu niga iti u4 5(disz) ba-zal nig2-dab5 ki-a-nag szul-gi-ra ezem nin-a-zu giri3 a-a-kal-la muhaldim ki na-lu5-ta ba-zi sza3 uri5-ma iti a2-ki-ti mu amar-suen lugal sza-asz-ru mu-hul 5(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 035. 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: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P102881) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102881..
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