AAICAB 1/2, pl. 132, 1971-315

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248829

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248829.

Transliteration

1(disz) ma-na 3(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 2(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sze ku3-babbar
masz# a-sza3-ga a-pi4#-sal4
[ki x]-an-[x]-ta
[...]-du
[szu ba]-ti
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 132, 1971-315. 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 (P248829) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248829..

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