Anonymous 429941

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P429941

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P429941.

Transliteration

1(u) gur EN 1(barig)-ta
sze ga6-ga6-de3
x-x ka-ma-ri2-sze3
ki lu2-gi-na-ta
kiszib3 szesz-a-ni
iti sze-kar-ra-gal2-la?
mu szu#-suen lugal
szesz-[a-ni]
dub-[sar]
[dumu ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Anonymous 429941. 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: Anonymous 429941 (private: anonymous, unlocated) — from Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P429941). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P429941..

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