Position in chronology
CDLJ 2015/3 §2.32
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P404811.
Transliteration
6(disz) szudulx(|URxMIN|) kusz si-ga 6(disz) ad-tab kusz si-ga ki-la2-bi 3(disz) ma-na 2(disz) usan3 gu2-ba 1(disz) sag-kesz2 1(disz) nag gu4 diri szu-du7-a ki a-kal-la aszgab-ta kiszib3 da-a-gi4 iti szu-numun mu szu-suen# lugal da-a-gi dub-sar ()
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CDLJ 2015/3 §2.32. 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: Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, UK (P404811) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P404811..
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