Position in chronology
AUCT 1, 457
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103302.
Transliteration
2(disz) har ku3-babbar 1(u) gin2-[ta] 1(disz) ma-sa2-ab zabar-dab5-bi uruda 1(disz) du5-la2 zabar nin-sun2 u3-suh5 u4 e2-gal kasz i3-in-nag-ga2-a a-ru-a lugal ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta ba-zi sza3 nibru iti ezem-nin-a-zu mu szu-suen lugal-e ma2 en-ki in-dim2 4(disz)
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 1, 457. 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 (P103302) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P103302..
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