Position in chronology
SACT 1, 174
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128929.
Transliteration
1(disz) lulim-[nita2] 1(disz) masz-da3-nita2 en-lil2 1(disz) szeg9-bar-nita2 niga 1(disz) masz-da3-nita2 nin-lil2 esz3-esz3 u4-sakar lugal-kux(KWU636)-ra iti u4 3(u) ba-zal ki du-u2-du-ta ba-zi giri3 ur-sa6-ga 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] 4(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — SACT 1, 174. 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: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P128929) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P128929..
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