Position in chronology
JCS 52, 041 42
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145836.
Transliteration
2(disz) masz-da3 [x] szu-gid2 e2-[muhaldim] sza3 mu-kux(DU)[ra-ta] u4 1(u)-kam ki in-ta-e3-a-ta# ba-zi giri3 nu-ur2-suen dub-sar iti# ses-da-gu7 mu us2-sa szu-suen# lugal uri5-ma-[ke4] bad3 mar-tu mu-[ri-iq]-ti-id-ni-im# mu-du3 2(disz) masz-[da3]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 52, 041 42. 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: Arizona State Museum, Tucson, Arizona, USA (P145836) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P145836..
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