Position in chronology
AnOr 07, 038
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101333.
Transliteration
1(disz) sila4 ur-[x]-e2 u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam mu-kux(DU) lugal in-ta-e3-a i3-dab5 giri3 nanna-ma-ba dub-sar iti masz-da3-gu7 mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal-e si-ma-num2 mu-hul 1(disz) udu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 038. 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: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101333) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101333..
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