AAICAB 1/1, pl. 025, 1911-188

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142700

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142700.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) lu2-ur4-sza3
dumu lu2-dingir-ra
ur-nun-gal-ke4#?
x gu-la ta#?
in-na-an-szum2#?
ezem nesag-sze3
mu un-ub5-mu-a
mu lugal-bi in-pa3
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-[du3] mu us2-sa-a-bi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 025, 1911-188. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y2 — Year after: Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142700) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142700..

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