AnSt 33, 74

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P200373

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200373.

Transliteration

3(disz)# ma-na za-gin3
mu alan lugal# a-ab-ba sig-ga a-ab#-ba igi-nim-da gu2-[gar-sze3]
mu sukkal-mah-sze3#
ki lu2-dingir-[ra] dub#!-[sar-ta]
a-a-mu# [szabra]
szu ba-an-[ti]
iti a2-ki-[ti]
mu szu-suen# lugal#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AnSt 33, 74. 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: Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland (P200373) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P200373..

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