Position in chronology
Georgica 7.08
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109452.
Transliteration
1(u) gurusz u4 2(disz)-sze3 ma2 kesz2-ra2 u4 1(u) 4(disz)-sze3 ma2 gid2-da ma2 diri-ga u4 2(disz)-sze3 ma2 ba-al-la nibru a-ra2 1(disz)-kam 5(disz) gurusz u4 2(disz)-sze3 sze ma2-a si-ga u4 8(disz)-sze3 ma2 diri-ga gid2-da u4 5(disz)-sze3 ma2 ba-al-la uri5-sze3 ugula ur-en-lil2-la2 kiszib3 lugal-iti-da mu amar-suen lugal ur-bi2-i3-lum mu-hul lugal-iti-da nu-banda3-gu4 dumu giri3-ni
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Georgica 7.08. 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: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P109452) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P109452..
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