Position in chronology
AAICAB 1/1, pl. 025, 1911-188
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142700.
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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