Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 359
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104570.
Transliteration
1(disz) amar masz-da3# e2-uz-ga ki ur-szu muhaldim u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam ki in-ta-e3-a-ta ba-zi iti ezem-nin-a-zu mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 e2 szara2 umma-ka mu-[du3] szu-suen lugal kal-ga lugal uri5-ma lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba [...] dub-sar dumu [...] ARAD2-zu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 359. 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 (P104570) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104570..
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