KM 89043

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P234837

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234837.

Transliteration

1(disz) gu4 szu-gi4 ba-usz2
e2#-udu ga2-nun gesz-ta
zi-ga
ki lugal-nam-mah#-ta
iti# munu4-gu7 u4 2(u) ba-zal
mu# szu-suen lugal

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — KM 89043. 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: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (P234837) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P234837..

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