Position in chronology
CUSAS 39, 123
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P250640.
Transliteration
1(disz) za-hu-um zabar# [...] ki-la2-bi [...] 1(disz) x [...] ki-la2-[bi ...] 1(disz) [...] ki-[la2-bi ...] 1(disz) [...] gil-sa bar-ta gal2-la nin-ildu3-ma ki da-lu5-ta du-du i3-dab5 giri3 ur-e2-masz-ka iti e2-iti-6(disz) mu# szu#-suen lugal uri5#-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li mu-hul
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — CUSAS 39, 123. 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: Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway (P250640) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P250640..
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