HLC 278 (pl. 128)

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P110152

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110152.

Transliteration

4(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 2(u) 1(disz) [...]
4(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 1(u) la2 1(disz) NIG2#? [...]
7(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 [...]
nig2-gal2-la#
6(gesz2) 4(u) 7(disz) NIG2#? [...]
u4#? [...]
[...] IL2 [...]
[la2]-ia3-am3
ur#-li9-si4 gal [...]
iti diri sze-sag11-ku5 ba-[...]
mu szu-suen lugal# uri5-ma#-[ke4] na-ru2-a#-mah# [...] AN [...]
szu-nin-[...]
dumu ab-ba dub-sar

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — HLC 278 (pl. 128). 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 Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA (P110152) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P110152..

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