Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 267
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104482.
Transliteration
[n] 2(disz) gu4 sza3 7(disz) giri3 he2-na-sa6 ki ur-ku3-nun-na-ta lu2-kal-la i3-dab5 iti ezem-szul-gi mu szu-suen lugal# uri5-ma-ke4 [na]-ru2-a-mah [en]-lil2# nin-lil2-ra [mu]-ne-du3 ur-e2-ninnu dub-sar dumu lu2-du10-ga sanga nin-gir2-su
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 267. 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 (P104482) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104482..
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