AAICAB 1/3, pl. 204, Bod B 20 (127)

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P249038

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249038.

Transliteration

1(ban2) i3-gesz#
e2-kiszib3-ba
lu2-ba-ba6 dub-sar#
szu ba-ti
kiszib3 nu-tuku
giri3 lu2-nin-gir2-su# dumu-na
[iti] diri# sze-sag11#-ku5#
mu szu-suen lugal#-[e] na-ru2-a-mah

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 204, Bod B 20 (127). 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 (P249038) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249038..

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