AAICAB 1/3, pl. 220, Bod S 171

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P249073

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249073.

Transliteration

1(u) 2(disz) gur#
x sze numun [...]
ma2-a si#-[ga ...]
ki lu2-[...]-x-[...-ta]
kiszib3 ad-[da]
iti szu-numun#
mu szu-suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah mu#-du3
ad-da
dub-sar
dumu ur-nigar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 220, Bod S 171. 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 (P249073) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249073..

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