UET 3, 0769

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P137093

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137093.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[n] zu2 am-si
[ba]-sur# sza3-ba
4(disz)# gi-er3-PI
ba-an-gar
ki dingir-su-ra-bi2-ta
a-hu-wa-qar
szu ba-ti
iti ezem-nin-a-zu u4 2(u) ba-zal
[mu] i#-bi2-suen [lugal] uri5#-ma-ra [nanna]-a# sza3 ki-ag2-ga2-ni [dalla] mu#-un-[na-an]-e3#-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0769. 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 (P137093) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137093..

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