Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 274
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103119.
Transliteration
usz2 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze szu-da-da dumu gu-nigar 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 iti masz-da3-gu7-ta iti ezem-me-ki-gal2-sze3 sze-bi 2(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 iti 1(u) 1(disz)-kam sze-ba ku5-ra lu2-dingir-ra szabra szu ba-an-ti mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 274. 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: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA (P103119) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103119..
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