Position in chronology
BCT 2, 096
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105337.
Transliteration
3(disz) <kid> szer7-um ma2 ninda-ka ba-a-dulx(|URxA|)# ur-mes szu ba-[ti] ki a-gu-ta kiszib3 lu2-szara2 mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal [lu2-szara2] dumu lugal-x-[...] x e2 [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 096. 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: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK (P105337) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105337..
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