AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 413

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P330481

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330481.

Why it matters

Transliteration

8(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2(asz) sze gur
mu esza sa2-du11 gu-la-<sze3>
1(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 u4 1(disz)-am3
ba-ku5-ra2-sze3 a2-nin-ga2-ta dumu
a-du-du x ba-an-szum2
ku3-bi sze-bi
gu-du-du
szu ba-ti
iti szu-numun
mu i-bi2-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/4, Bod S 413. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ibbi-Suen y1 — Ibbi-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P330481) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P330481..

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