Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 314
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103159.
Transliteration
3(u) la2 1(disz) udu 8(disz) masz2-gal 2(u) 5(disz) ud5 udu szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim mu aga3-us2-e-ne-sze3 ARAD2-mu maszkim [...] [...]-ga ki [...]-du3 iti szu-esz5-sza mu szul-gi lugal-e ur-bi2-lum lu-lu-bu si-mu-ru-um u3 kar2-har asz-sze3 sag-[du]-bi# [szu-bur2-ra] bi2#-ra-a
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 314. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šulgi y1 — Šulgi became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103159) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103159..
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