Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 378
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104589.
Transliteration
2(asz) zu2-lum gur ku3-bi 2(disz) gin2 ki ur4-sza3-ki-du10-ta ur-dub-la2-ke4 szu# ba-an-ti iti# sze-sag11-ku5 mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal ur-dub-la2 dumu [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 378. 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 (P104589) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104589..
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