Position in chronology
AAICAB 1/1, pl. 025, 1911-191
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142703.
Transliteration
[...] lu2#-dingir-ra gudu4 nun-gal-ke4 1(u) ma-na zabar uruda sza3 iti ezem-szul-gi-ra-ka un-su e2 pa-bil-sag-ka kux(KWU636)#-kux(KWU636)-da mu# lugal-bi in-pa3 mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8 en-lil2 nin-lil2#-ra mu-ne-[dim2] lu2-dingir-ra dumu ur-sa6-ga gudu4 nun-gal
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 025, 1911-191. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y1 — Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P142703) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142703..
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