Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 390
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104600.
Transliteration
4(disz) udu u2 sa2-du11 be-[la]-at-suh-ner u3 be-la-at-dar-ra-[ba]-an giri3 lugal-[...] ki lugal-x-[x]-re-[ta] iti ezem-an-[na?] mu gu-za en-[lil2-la2] ba-dim2 ur-ge6-par4 dub-sar dumu nin-u3-kul-e-ki-ag2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 390. 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 (P104600) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104600..
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