UET 1, 0222

~1934 BCE·Old Babylonian·P462156

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P462156.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
[...] x x x us2 lugal
[...] x us2
[...] ni?
[...]
[...] x x [x]
iti du6-ku3#
mu# li-pi2-it-esz18-dar lugal#-e en-nin-sun2-zi en# nin-gubalag uri5#-ma masz2-e i3#-pa3#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — UET 1, 0222. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Lipit-Eštar y1 — Lipit-Eštar became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P462156) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P462156..

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