NATN 709

~2028 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P121407

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121407.

Transliteration

1(disz) ab2 mu [x]
la2-ia3 ARAD2-[...]
su-su BAD [...]
mu lugal-bi [...]
ur#-nin-x-ka [...]
[...]-szul-[...]
[...] utu-igi-du# [...]
iti sig4-ga
mu i-bi2#-suen lugal#
ARAD2-[...]
engar da-da [x]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NATN 709. 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 (P121407) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P121407..

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