AnOr 01, 188

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101179

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101179.

Transliteration

1(u) 3(disz) geme2 3(ban2)
1(u) geme2 2(ban2)
u4 1(u) 8(disz)-sze3
lag ab-sin2-ta
ri-ri-ga
ugula szesz-saga
mu szu-suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3
sza3-ku3-ge#
dub-sar
dumu szara2-ga2# [iszib]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 01, 188. 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 (P101179) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101179..

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