Position in chronology
JCS 02, 191 PTS 0761
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126898.
Transliteration
2(disz) kid szer7-ru-um ki-la2-bi 2/3(disz) sar ma2 zi3-gu-sze3 x ki ba-za-ta kiszib3 e2-gal-e-si iti min-esz3 mu szu-suen lugal e2-gal-e-si dub-sar dumu ur-ku3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 02, 191 PTS 0761. 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: Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (P126898) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P126898..
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