Position in chronology
UCP 09-02-1, 008
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135912.
Transliteration
1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 a2 hun-ga2 kab2-ku5 i7 szara2-he2-gal2-ka sahar si-ga kiszib3 e2-gal-e-si mu us2-sa szu-suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3 e2-gal-e-si dub-sar dumu lu2-szara2 sa12-du5-ka
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — UCP 09-02-1, 008. 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: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA (P135912) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P135912..
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