AnOr 07, 101

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101396

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101396.

Transliteration

2(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) udu masz2 hi-a
kiszib3 ka5-a-mu
1(disz) udu szul-pa-e3
1(disz) udu a-hu-um
1(disz) sila4 szu-ku-bu-um
[...]
[...]
ki ur-mes-ta ba-zi
iti sze-sag11-ku5
mu szu-suen lugal
du11-ga dub-[sar]
dumu lu2-nin-gir2#-[su]
sipa na-gab2-tum

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 101. 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: Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain (P101396) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101396..

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