Position in chronology
Nisaba 22, 092
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P406096.
Transliteration
2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 lu2-ba-a lu2-tukul 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 i-gu-num2 lu2-tukul 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 gu-gu lu2-tukul 2(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 la-la-a lu2-tukul iti mu-szu-du7 zi-ga mu szu-suen lugal
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — Nisaba 22, 092. 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: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (P406096) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P406096..
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