Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 215
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104435.
Transliteration
2(disz) masz-da3-munus ba-usz2 e2-kiszib3-ba-sze3 szul-gi-iri-mu szu ba-ti sza3 mu-kux(DU)-ra-ta u4 7(disz)-kam ki in-ta-[e3-a]-ta ba-zi giri3 nu-ur2-suen# dub-sar iti u5-bi2-[gu7] mu us2-sa [szu]-suen lugal-[e] si-ma-num2 mu-hul 2(disz) masz-da3 nu-ur2-suen dub-sar dumu i-di3-er3-ra
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 215. 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 (P104435) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104435..
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