Position in chronology
SACT 1, 171
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128926.
Transliteration
1(u) 5(disz) udu 2(u) masz2-gal 1(u) ud5 szu-gid2 gir4-ta ba-sze6 mu aga3-us2-e-ne-sze3 lugal uri5-sze3 du-ni ma2-a ba-a-gar ARAD2-mu maszkim iti u4 3(u) la2 1(disz) ba-zal ki szul-gi-a-a-mu-ta ba-zi iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu en nanna ba-hun 4(u) 5(disz) udu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 171. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128926) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128926..
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