AnOr 07, 251

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101546

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101546.

Transliteration

2(u) ma-sa2-ab 2(ban2)-ta
1(u) 4(disz) kaskal 2(ban2)#?-ta# i3-nun#?
ki# a-gu#-[ta]
kiszib3 lu2-[nin-szubur]
mu# [szu-suen] [lugal uri5]-ma#-[ke4] [na-ru2-a?]-mah# mu#-[du3?]
lu2#-nin-szubur
dub#-sar
dumu du10-ga#
szabra szara2-ka

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 251. 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 (P101546) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101546..

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