UET 3, 0392

~2027 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P136714

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136714.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz) kam-kam-ma-tum ku3-babbar 5(disz) gin2-ta
ki-la2-bi 9(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2 la2 3(disz) sze
bi2-gu7-bi igi-3(disz)-gal2
2(u) 3(disz) sze za3-bar-bi
usz-bar nam-dux(GIN2)-la2-sze3
lu2-en-ki i3-la2
sza3 uri5-ma
iti a2-ki-ti u4 5(disz)-kam
mu us2-sa i-bi2-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 nibru uri5-ma bad3 gal-bi mu-du3-a mu us2-sa-bi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0392. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ibbi-Suen y2 — Year after: Ibbi-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P136714) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136714..

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