AAICAB 1/3, pl. 204, Bod B 15 (122)

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P249034

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249034.

Transliteration

1(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 szar3
ki giri3-ni-i3-sa6-ta
1(disz) tug2 guz-za du
ki utu-ba-e3-ta
3(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
ki# [x-x]-gu-la#-ta
tug2 ki-la2 tag-ga
giri3-ni-i3-sa6
szu ba-ti
iti ezem-szul-gi
mu szu-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 204, Bod B 15 (122). 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 (P249034) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249034..

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