Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 028
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102874.
Transliteration
2(u) 2(disz) udu 2(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) u8 1(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) u8 ge6 sza3 nam-ra-ak u4 2(u)-kam 7(disz) u8 3(disz) sila4 1(disz) ud5 nig2-gur11 lu2-sza-lim u4 [2(u)?] 8(disz)-kam ugu2# ur-ku3-nun-na-ka# ba#-a-ga2-ar kiszib3-bi nu-um-gub tukum-bi im-ma-gub gaba-ri-dam iti ezem-szul-gi mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 028. 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 (P102874) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102874..
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