Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 094
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102940.
Transliteration
3(disz) gu4 niga 1(u) gu4 3(disz) ab2 2(disz) dusu2-nita2 sza3! kiszib3 ab-ba-sa6-ga mu en eridu ba-hun-ga2 ki ur-esz3-lil2-la2-ta ur-ku3-nun-na i3-dab5 nig2-ka9 mu gu-za en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2-ma-ke4 IL2-dam
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 094. 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 (P102940) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P102940..
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