AAICAB 1/1, pl. 052, 1912-1158

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142780

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142780.

Transliteration

1(disz) dug dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz
1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
3(disz) sa szum2
puzur4-utu gaba-asz
1(disz) dug dida 3(disz) sila3 [kasz]
1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2# naga
3(disz) sa szum2
a-gu-a gaba-asz
szunigin 2(disz) dug dida du masz [x]
szunigin 6(disz) sila3 kasz szunigin 2(ban2) [x]
szunigin 4(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 4(disz) gin2 naga
szunigin 6(disz) sa szum2
u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam
iti li9-si4
mu szu-suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah en-lil2 mu-na-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 052, 1912-1158. 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 (P142780) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142780..

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