AnOr 07, 299

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P101594

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101594.

Transliteration

[1(gesz'u)] 5(gesz2) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) sar-ta
a2#-bi u4 1(gesz2) 3(u)-kam
5(gesz2) sar kul
zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) sar-ta
a2#-bi# u4 3(u)-kam
a2# sza3#-gu4
ugula# a-gu-gu
kiszib3# a-kal-la
[a-sza3] igi-e2#-mah-sze3
[mu] szu-[]suen lugal
a-a-kal-la
dub-sar
dumu ukken-ne2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnOr 07, 299. 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 (P101594) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P101594..

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