AnOr 07, 263

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101558

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101558.

Transliteration

5(u) 8(disz) 2/3(disz) sar
kin u2 sahar-ba
a2 lu2 hun-ga2
a2 6(disz) sila3-ta#
e a-sza3 me-en-kar2 si-[ga]
giri3# szesz-kal-[la]
dumu na-silim
kin ba-al-la
mu szu-suen lugal#-[ta]
mu si-ma-num2 ba-[hul-sze3]
lu2-nam2-an-ka-ke4 mu-gid2
lu2-nam2-an-ka
dub-sar
dumu lu2-szara2
sa12-du5-ka

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 263. 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 (P101558) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101558..

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