Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 284
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103129.
Transliteration
2(u) 3(disz) u8 u2 3(disz) ud5 u2 szu-gid2 1(u) 1(disz) udu u2 ba-usz2 e2-muhaldim mu aga3-us2 u3 lu2 szuku-ra-ke4-ne-sze3 ur-szar-ru-gin7 sukkal maszkim u4 3(u)-kam ki ur-ku3-nun-na-ta ba-zi giri3 hu-la-al dub-sar iti ezem-szul-gi mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3 3(u) 7(disz) udu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 284. 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 (P103129) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103129..
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