UET 3, 0806

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P137130

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137130.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3 sza3-kal gu-nigin2 2/3(disz) kusz3 1(disz) szu-si
4(disz) kusz3 sza3-kal gu-nigin2 1/2(disz) kusz3 1(disz) szu-si
ba-sur sza3-ba
3(disz) sag-gul szu si-sa2 se3-ga e2-ba-an
ba-an-gar
ki nanna-kam-ta
a-hu-wa-qar szu ba-ti
iti ezem-nin-a-zu u4 1(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, 0806. 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 (P137130) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137130..

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