AAICAB 1/1, pl. 055, 1923-425

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142793

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142793.

Transliteration

[...] 1(u) 6(disz) udu u2
[...] 4(u) 6(disz) u8 u2
[...] 8(disz) masz2-gal u2
[...] 2(u) 1(disz) ud5 u2
[...]
[...]
[...]
iti# ezem-me-ki-gal2 ba-zal
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul
1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 055, 1923-425. 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 (P142793) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142793..

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