Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 042
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104274.
Transliteration
3(disz) masz2-gal szar-ru-um-ba-ni u4 nam-gala-sze3 i3-in-kux(KWU147)-ra-a ki ur-mes-ta ba-zi giri3 du10-i3-li2 iti sze-sag11-ku5 mu szu-suen lugal du11-ga dub-sar dumu lu2-nin-gir2-su sipa na-gab2-tum
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 042. 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 (P104274) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104274..
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