AUCT 2, 307

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104125

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104125.

Transliteration

1(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur#
a2 ma2 hun-ga2# sze 2(gesz2) 3(u) gur
ka2#? ga-ar-sar-ma#?-[ta]
e2-amar e2 szara2?-sze3
kaskal-bi 2(u) 5(disz) da-na
da-na-a a2 sze 1(asz) gur 1(disz) sila3-ta
ki lu2-dingir-ra-ta ba-zi#
iti ses-da-gu7#
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 2, 307. 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 (P104125) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104125..

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