AAICAB 1/2, pl. 135, 1971-328

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P248842

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248842.

Transliteration

2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 i3-szah2
2(barig) 2(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 kasz dida du
4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 zi3 sze-sa
1(barig) 5(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ninda-gesz-rum
1(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 ninda saga gur
3(barig) 9(disz) sila3 ninda du
igi-kar2 geme2 ARAD2 u3 bar-ra kar-ra bala-sze3 gen-na
sza3 nibru
iti min3-esz3
mu szu-suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2 mu-ne-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/2, pl. 135, 1971-328. 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 (P248842) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248842..

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