Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 278
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104492.
Transliteration
3(u) udu u2 ki in-ta-e3-a-ta lu2-da-mu i3-dab5 u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam iti ezem-szul-gi mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu [ba-du3] szu-suen lugal kal-ga lugal uri5-ma lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba ur-iszkur dub-sar dumu la-ni-a ARAD2-zu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 278. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y38 — Year after: The Amorite wall was built based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P104492) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104492..
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