Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 111
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102957.
Transliteration
2(disz) sila4 nin-urta mu-kux(DU) ensi2 nibru tah-sza-tal ra2-gaba maszkim u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta ba-zi iti ses-da-gu7 mu en nanna ba-hun 2(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 111. 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 (P102957) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102957..
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