AUCT 3, 067

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104299

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104299.

Transliteration

2(u) 7(disz) u8 sila4 [nu-a]
3(u) 8(disz) u8 szu-gid2#
3(gesz2) 4(u) 7(disz) [x]
giri3 nanna#?-zi-[sza3-gal2]
mu bala ensi2
zimbir-[sze3]
ki ur-mes ensi2#-ta#
mu-kux(DU)
kiszib3 du11-ga#
iti sze-sag11-[ku5]
mu i-bi2-suen lugal
4(gesz2) 5(u) 3(disz)
du11-ga dub-sar
dumu lu2-nin-gir2-su
sipa na-gab2-tum

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 067. 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 (P104299) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104299..

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