AAICAB 1/2, pl. 082, 1933-0389a

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248581

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248581.

Transliteration

1(gesz2) 9(asz) 1(ban2) ninda gesz-asz gur
3(asz) ninda zi3 sig15 gur
3(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) ninda saga gur
5(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) ninda zi3 ISZ ba-ba gur
3(gesz2) 1(u) 6(asz) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ninda du gur
sza3 a2 u4-da
giri3 ARAD2-hu-la
kiszib3 hu-wa-wa
mu szu-suen lugal
lu2-eb-gal
dub-sar
dumu ur-ge6-par4
gudu4 inanna

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 082, 1933-0389a. 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 (P248581) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248581..

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