AnOr 01, 148

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101139

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101139.

Transliteration

[...] 3(u) 4(asz) gu2 x gu x x
4(asz) gu2 pa-tar asalx(|A.TU.NIR|)
nig2-buru14 ba-ra-du8
4(u) 8(asz) gu2 gi gu2 ba 1(u) 5(disz) sa-ta
[x] gu2#? gi-ru-[usz ...]
e2-muhaldim-sze3
kiszib3 lu2-kal-la
sza3 bala-a
mu szu-suen# lugal
lu2-kal-la
dub-sar
dumu ur-e11-e szusz3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 148. 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: Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (P101139) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101139..

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