Position in chronology
AUCT 2, 239
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104057.
Transliteration
3(disz) udu u2 2(disz) masz2-gal u2 en inanna unu-ga nig2-dab5 a2-ki-ti szu-numun-na-ka-ni ARAD2-mu maszkim u4 1(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 ma-da za-ab-[sza-li] mu-hul 5(disz) udu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 2, 239. 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 (P104057) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104057..
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