Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 349
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103194.
Transliteration
2(disz) ad7 udu e2-gibil-sze3 ba-de6 giri3 ur-nin-gir2-su 1(disz) ad7 udu a-hu-zu lu2 kin-gi4-a ma2 lugal giri3 lugal-ur2? zi-ga e2-udu e2-gal-ta iti GAN2-masz mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 349. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ur-Nammu y14 — The throne of Enlil was fashioned based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103194) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103194..
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