Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 316
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104134.
Transliteration
[x] 1(disz) udu [x] ur-bi2-lum-ma [... i]-din-esz18-dar [ki x-x]-sa6-ta lamma-igi-du i3-dab5 iti ezem-mah mu szul-gi lugal-e ur-bi2-lum lu-lu-bu si-mu-ru u3 kar2-har asz-sze3 sag-[x] szu-bur2 x x [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 316. 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 (P104134) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104134..
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