CDLB 2012/002 §2.5

~2036 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P345966

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P345966.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(disz) kikken a2-da-bar# saga
lugal-iti-da
1(disz) kikken a2-da-bar
a-kal-la aszgab
1(disz) kikken usz-mu x
1(disz) kikken a-ka3-da-ni#
1(disz) kikken szara2-za-me
ki a#-du-ta
kiszib3# ur-nu-musz#-da
mu# us2-sa szu-suen lugal#-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLB 2012/002 §2.5. 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: Special Collections, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA (P345966) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P345966..

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