Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 963
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103808.
Transliteration
2(barig) zu2-lum sze#-bi 2(barig) 2(ban2) ki ur4-sza3-ki-du10-ta nin-he2-gal2 dam ab-ba-gi-na-ke4 szu ba-ti iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 963. 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: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103808) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103808..
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