Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 162
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103980.
Transliteration
1(disz) ma-sa2-ab u4 iti [x] uruda ki-masz ur2-ra [la]-ha-ma ku3-babbar igi KA [x] ku3-sig17 nig2-gur11 si-ga# en-ki eridu a-ru-a lugal [ki] puzur4#-er3-ra-ta [ba]-zi sza3 eridu [iti] sze-sag11-ku5 mu en nanna# ba-[hun] 1(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 162. 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 (P103980) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103980..
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