AUCT 3, 236

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P104455

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104455.

Transliteration

iti ki-siki-nin-a-zu
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-[ke4] na-ru2-a-mah en-[lil2] nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-[du3]
lugal-me-lam2
dub-sar
dumu en-lil2-la2
sipa gu4 niga

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 236. 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 (P104455) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104455..

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