AAICAB 1/2, pl. 141, 1971-354

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248867

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248867.

Why it matters

Transliteration

6(disz) gu4 u2#
u4 2(disz)#-kam
iti masz-[da3]-gu7
2(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz)# udu# u2
1(disz) [x] u2
2(u) 2(disz) [masz2]-gal# u2
u4 [n]-kam
iti ses#-da#-gu7
1(u) asz2#-gar3 gaba
u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam
iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
ki ur-ku3-nun-na-ta
nu-ur2-iszkur i3-dab5
mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3
6(disz) gu4 3(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) udu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 141, 1971-354. 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 (P248867) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248867..

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