Position in chronology
Hermitage 3, 381
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211957.
Transliteration
1(disz) ab2 mu 1(asz) 2(disz) gu4 amar ga 2(disz) ab2 amar ga 2(gesz2) 2(u) 7(disz) masz2-gal 5(u) 8(disz) ud5 1(disz) masz2 gaba giri3 ur-iszkur 1(disz) gu4 amar ga [4(u)] 2(disz) masz2-gal giri3 lu2-ig-alim 6(disz) gu4 4(gesz2) 8(disz) udu la2-ia3-am3 ki a-hu-we-er iti diri ezem-me-ki-gal2 mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 381. 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: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P211957) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P211957..
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