Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 111
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103929.
Transliteration
1(u) 6(asz) gu2 1(u) [n] 2(disz) ma-na siki gir2-gul na4 gu2 2(disz) [ma-na]-ta siki e2-udu uri5[-ta] na-lu5 szu ba-ti# giri3 szu-esz18-dar dub-sar iti sze-sag11-ku5-ta iti diri ezem-me-ki-gal2 iti 1(u) 3(disz)-kam mu us2-sa szu-suen# lugal uri5-[ma]-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 111. 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 (P103929) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103929..
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