AAICAB 1/1, pl. 059, 1924-0547

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P142811

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142811.

Transliteration

5(disz) udu niga
nig2-gu7-a
na-ap-la-num2 sza3 man mar-tu
giri3 szesz-[...] giri3? [...]
utu-x-ba-ni
ki na-lu5-ta
ba-zi
sza3 uri5-ma
giri3 lu2-kar-zi-da dub-sar
iti ezem-nin-a-zu
mu szu-suen lugal
5(disz)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/1, pl. 059, 1924-0547. 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 (P142811) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P142811..

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