AUCT 3, 357

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104568

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104568.

Transliteration

1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar ur5-sze3
masz2 5(disz) gin2 1(disz) gin2
ki lu2-me-du10-ga-ta
ka5-a
szu ba-ti
iti du6!-ku3-ga
mu i-bi2-suen lugal
iszkur-[...]
dumu en-lil2-la2-i3-sa6

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 357. 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 (P104568) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104568..

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