Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 301
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104119.
Transliteration
6(gesz2) 5(u) 3(disz) igi# x-gal2 ku3-sig17 HI-da ki-la2-bi 1(u) 2(disz) gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2 1(u) 2(disz) [...] suhub2 lugal-ka kesz2-re6-de3 ki lugal-ku3-zu!-ta# [x] x u3 nu-ur2-i3-li2 szu ba-an-ti-[esz2] sza3 puzur4-isz-da-gan iti szah2-ku3-gu7 mu amar-suen lugal ur-bi2-lum ba-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 301. 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 (P104119) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104119..
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