Position in chronology
BCT 1, 093
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105195.
Transliteration
1(disz) dusu2-munus szu-gid2 mu ur-gi7-ra-sze3 isz-me-dingir sipa ur i3-dab5 ugula na-we-er-dingir ki szu-er3-ra-ta ba-zi iti szu-esz5-sza mu en nanna ba-hun 1(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 1, 093. 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: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK (P105195) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105195..
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