Hermitage 3, 417

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P212265

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212265.

Transliteration

2(u) 9(asz) gu2 1(u) 4(disz) ma-na siki gir2-gul
bar udu mu-kux(DU)
ki a-ba-en-lil2-gin7-ta
ur-ba-ba6
szu ba-an-ti
kiszib3 lu2-ba-ba6
mu szu-suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8-mah en-lil2 nin-lil2-ra# mu-ne-dim2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Hermitage 3, 417. 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: State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (P212265) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P212265..

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