Position in chronology
BCT 1, 043
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105145.
Transliteration
1(disz) dusu2-nita2 1(disz) dusu2-nita2 amar ga 2(disz) dusu2-munus nig2-gur11 szul-gi-i3-li2 dumu ra-bi2#-bi2 ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta szu-er3-ra i3-dab5 iti ezem-nin-a-zu mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 1, 043. 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: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK (P105145) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105145..
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