AAICAB 1/1, pl. 046, 1911-483

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142756

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142756.

Transliteration

1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 2(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-sig17
5(u) 3(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
3(disz) ma-na nagga
2(u) gu2 3(u) la2 1(disz) ma-na uruda
esz3 didli-ta de6-a
1(asz) gu2 uruda
2(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na su-he2
ki lugal-nir-ta
e2-kiszib3-ba e2-masz gal2-la
1(u) gu2 4(u) ma-na zabar
esz3 didli-ta de6-a
kin-KU ba-de2
giri3 lu2-inanna sukkal
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 na-ru2-a-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 046, 1911-483. 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 (P142756) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142756..

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