Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 192
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104414.
Transliteration
1(asz) gu2 3(disz) ma-na siki-gi na4 1(asz) gu2 2(disz) ma-na-ta bar udu mu-kux(DU)-ra u4 2(u) 9(disz)-kam mu-kux(DU) lu2-kal-la szu ba-an-ti giri3 nanna-ma-ba dub-sar iti ezem-szul-gi mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im in-du3 nanna-ma-ba dub-sar dumu u2-na-ab-sze-en6
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 192. 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 (P104414) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104414..
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