AnOr 07, 226

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101521

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101521.

Transliteration

2(disz) geme2 3(ban2)
geme2 kikken-na-sze3
iti dal-ta#
iti dumu-zi-[sze3]
ur-suen i3-dab5
1(disz) geme2 iti [...]
iti sze-sag11-ku5-ta
iti dumu-zi-[sze3]
da-gu i3-dab5#
ki ur-nin-tu#-[ta]
kiszib3 lu2-kal#-[la]
mu szu-[suen] lugal-e na-[ru2-a]-mah en-lil2-la2# mu-du3
lu2-kal-[la]
dub-sar
dumu ur-e11-e [szusz3]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 226. 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 (P101521) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101521..

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