Position in chronology
Akkadica 135/1, 096-098 12
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P480076.
Transliteration
1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 ka-giri3-da bar-la2 dub-la2-utu gub-ba ugula lugal-iti-da kiszib3 szesz-a-ni mu szu-suen lugal-e na-ru2-mah <<gal>> mu-du3 szesz-a-ni dub-sar dumu da-da
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Akkadica 135/1, 096-098 12. 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: DMMA AA.TC.68 (Département des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France) — from Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P480076). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P480076..
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