Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 745
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103590.
Transliteration
1(disz) udu niga 4(disz)-kam us2 AN 1(disz) udu niga 4(disz)-kam us2 en-lil2 1(disz) udu niga 4(disz)-kam us2 nin-lil2 sza3 GAN2-da lu2-du10-ga sagi maszkim u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu mu i-bi2-suen lugal
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 745. 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: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103590) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103590..
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