Position in chronology
AUCT 3, 428
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104637.
Transliteration
3(disz) udu u2 1(disz) masz2-gal niga la2-ia3 a-ab-ba-ba-asz-ti ki in-ta-e3-a-ta lu2-iri-mu dumu pesz2-tur-iri-da nam-nu-banda3 la-gi-ip ugula szesz-kal-la iti ezem-mah mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 na-ru2-a-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3 lu2-iri-mu dumu masz-tur aga3-us2 lugal
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — AUCT 3, 428. 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 (P104637) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P104637..
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