BCT 2, 225

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P105466

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105466.

Transliteration

1(barig) 3(ban2) sze-ba lugal
mu sze-ba sag?-bi gid2-da-sze3
sza3 bala-a
e2-kikken gibil ba-an-tar
giri3 lu2-nam2-nun-ka
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — BCT 2, 225. 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 (P105466) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P105466..

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