AnOr 07, 245

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101540

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101540.

Transliteration

2(disz) ma-na 1(u) 8(disz) [gin2]
ar-ma-tum
mu ig ka2 du10-us2 lugal-ka-sze3
lu2-nanna
[i3]-la2
[ugula lugal]-ku3-zu
[giri3] lu2#-inanna sukkal
iti pa4-u2-e
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma#-[da] za-ab-sza-[li] mu-hul#
kiszib3 nu-ra-a

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 245. 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 (P101540) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101540..

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