Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 244
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103089.
Transliteration
2(disz) amar masz-da3 e2-uz-ga a-a-kal-la maszkim 1(disz) amar masz-da3 ba-usz2 e2-kiszib3-ba-sze3 2(disz) udu 1(disz) masz2 aq-ba-ni lu2 ma-ri2 ARAD2-mu maszkim 2(disz) gu4 1(disz) ab2 1(disz) ab2 amar ga szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim-sze3 u4 2(disz)-kam ki na-sa6-ta ba-zi iti ses-da-gu7 mu amar-suen lugal 1(u)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 244. 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 (P103089) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103089..
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