KM 89306

~2037 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P235053

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235053.

Transliteration

[...] 4(asz) 1(barig) sze gur
[x] x guru7-a tak4-a
[ki] a-du-mu-ta
3(barig) ki bi2-du11-ga-ta
gaba-ri kiszib3 szara2-i3-zu
mu# szu-suen lugal uri5#-ma-ke4 [na]-ru2#-a-mah en#-[lil2 ]nin-lil2-ra <mu>-ne#-du3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — KM 89306. 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 (P235053) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P235053..

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