Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 271
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104486.
Transliteration
1(disz) sila4 ki a-bi2-a-ta ur-ba-ba6 lu2 nam-ha-ni szabra gesz-kin-ti i3-dab5 giri3 nu-ur2-i3-li2 iti ezem-me-ki-gal2 mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3 ur-ba-ba6 dub-sar dumu lugal-iri-da dub-sar
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 271. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y37 — 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 (P104486) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104486..
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