Position in chronology
MAA 1931.272
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P448655.
Transliteration
1(u) gu2 gamun2 a2 erin2 diri-ka ki dumu ab-ba-ke4-ne-ta lu2-nin-szubur szu ba-an-ti 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)) — MAA 1931.272. 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: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (P448655) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P448655..
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