Position in chronology
NYPL 341
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P122879.
Transliteration
1(barig) sze szuku-ra lugal-ku3-ga-ni 1(barig) sze szuku-ra lu2-dingir-ra guru7-a a-pi4-sal4-ta kiszib3 ku3-ga-ni iti nesag mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3 ku3-ga-ni dumu x-x-x
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — NYPL 341. 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: New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA (P122879) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P122879..
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