Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 078
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102924.
Transliteration
1(disz) ma-sa2-ab zabar uruda ki-masz ur2 nin-kas4 HU uruda ku3-babbar szub-ba si-ga inanna unu-ga a-ru-a lugal ki puzur4-er3-ra-ta ba-zi sza3 unu-ga iti diri sze-sag11-ku5 mu en nanna ba-hun 1(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 078. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y15 — The en-priest of Nanna was installed based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P102924) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102924..
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