AAICAB 1/3, pl. 240, Bod S 268

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P249173

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249173.

Transliteration

1(asz)# 1(barig) 3(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 [n gur]
3(asz) sze# gur#
kiszib3 lugal-e2-mah-e 4(disz)
1(u) 3(barig) dabin gur
1(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze gur
kiszib3 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) i7-pa-e3
sze ur5-ra sila-a gal2-la
mu szu-suen lugal-e ma2-gur8-mah mu-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AAICAB 1/3, pl. 240, Bod S 268. 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 (P249173) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P249173..

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