UET 3, 0923

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P137247

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137247.

Why it matters

Transliteration

3(ban2) sze lugal
iszkur-nu-ri a-sza3-ta
3(ban2) bala x-ki-ha a-sza3-ta
3(ban2) i3 geme2-nanna
1(ban2) 5(disz) i3 en-um-suen
nu-du-ta gen-na
a-bi2-du10 ugula
dumu-nita2 e-li-esz18-dar
iti ezem-nin-a-zu
mu i-bi2-suen lugal-e nibru# uri5-ma-ke4 bad3 gal-bi mu-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UET 3, 0923. 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 (P137247) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P137247..

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