Position in chronology
AnOr 07, 263
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial 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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