CDLJ 2002/1 §13

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P212353

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212353.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[1(disz)] gu4# u2
5(disz)# udu# u2
1(u) 5(disz) masz2 gaba
szu#-gid2 e2-muhaldim
mu aga3-us2 u3 lu2# szuku-ra-ke4-ne#-[sze3]
ARAD2-mu maszkim#
[u4 n-kam]
[ki ...]-x-[...-ta]
[ba]-zi#
giri3# nanna#-[ma-ba] dub-[sar]
iti ezem#-szu-suen#
mu# i-bi2-suen lugal
1(disz) gu4 [2(u)] udu#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2002/1 §13. 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: California Museum of Ancient Art, Los Angeles, California, USA (P212353) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212353..

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