Position in chronology
Princeton 1, 075
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126764.
Transliteration
1(disz) udu u2 i-ri-dah mar-tu giri3 ba-a-a sukkal ur-szar-ru-gin7 maszkim sza3 mu-kux(DU)-ra-ta u4! 2(u) 4(disz)-kam ki in-ta-e3-a-ta ba-zi giri3 nanna-ma-ba dub-sar iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3 <1(disz)> udu nanna-ma-ba dub-sar dumu u2-na-ab-sze-en6
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Princeton 1, 075. 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: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (P126764) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126764..
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