UET 3, 0584

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P136906

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136906.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) gin2 2/3(|NINDA2x(SZE.2(ASZ))|)? 1(u) sze ku3-babbar
ga2?-te?-lum-isz-nu 2(disz)-a
ga2-ga2-de3
ki ur-gu2-edin-na-ta
a#-hu-wa#-qar
szu# ba#-an-ti
iti# ezem-mah u4 2(disz)# [ba-zal]
mu# i-bi2#-[suen] lugal# uri5#-[ma]-ra# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0584. 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: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P136906) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P136906..

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